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Joni Mitchell Quotes

I have lost my credibility as a hit maker because of these side excursions into other branches of music by not being consistent. Consistency seems to be all important Picture Quote #1

Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song Picture Quote #1

Musically, I don’t think I’d ever dry up. I trust my musical invention Picture Quote #1

How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous Picture Quote #1

I don’t understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? Picture Quote #1

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers Picture Quote #1

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There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed Picture Quote #1

I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she’s a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices Picture Quote #1

I’m an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn’t let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids Picture Quote #1

One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don’t have to explain anything Picture Quote #1

You wouldn’t find a Joni Mitchell on ‘X Factor;’ that’s not the place. ‘X Factor’ is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it’s a factory, you know, and it’s owned and stitched-up by puppet masters Picture Quote #1

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It’s grotesquely mentally ill Picture Quote #1

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I used to be monastic, almost. Now I’m like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I’m catching up on Americana Picture Quote #1

If I’m censoring for anyone, it’s for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don’t understand me that well Picture Quote #1

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here Picture Quote #1

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I’m a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, ‘Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!’ and I took that as a great compliment. That’s exactly my intention Picture Quote #1

One of the biggest obstacles I’ve overcome in my life was thinking I didn’t deserve to be successful. Artistically I’m not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I’m not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years Picture Quote #1

It’s life’s illusions that I recall, I really don’t know life at all Picture Quote #1

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But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed Well something’s lost, but something’s gained In living every day Picture Quote #1

There really are two different schools of songwriting-American and Canadian. It’s interesting. You guys have this history of guys like Paul Williams and Jimmy Webb, and they’re different than Neil Young and Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. All those weird voices come out of Canada. That’s because it’s so cold here we can hardly open our mouth. We get much less light in Canada. No wonder the writing’s dark Picture Quote #1

I thrive on change. That’s probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They’ll be going along on one key and I’ll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that’s how my life is Picture Quote #1

I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as well as Joni Mitchell. I concur. The thing that most affected me was just her resonance, and that is something she must have been born with Picture Quote #1

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here’s a label I’d accept: I’m an ‘individual.’ I’m someone who can’t follow, and doesn’t want to lead Picture Quote #1

I produced her first album, and I was breaking up with her at the time. That was not comfortable. Falling in love with Joni Mitchell is a bit like falling into a cement mixer! Picture Quote #1

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Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them Picture Quote #1

And for some reason, when I’m sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that’s actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up Picture Quote #1

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell Picture Quote #1

The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they’ll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we’re always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it’s the next song or just the next line Picture Quote #1

I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists Picture Quote #1

I’ve always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really talked about what was going on in the world and really artists that are timeless Picture Quote #1

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I have lost my credibility as a hit maker because of these side excursions into other branches of music by not being consistent. Consistency seems to be all important (Joni Mitchell Quotes) Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song (Joni Mitchell Quotes) Musically, I don’t think I’d ever dry up. I trust my musical invention (Joni Mitchell Quotes) How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I don’t understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? (Joni Mitchell Quotes) We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers (Joni Mitchell Quotes) There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she’s a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I’m an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn’t let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids (Joni Mitchell Quotes) One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don’t have to explain anything (Joni Mitchell Quotes) You wouldn’t find a Joni Mitchell on ‘X Factor;’ that’s not the place. ‘X Factor’ is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it’s a factory, you know, and it’s owned and stitched-up by puppet masters (Joni Mitchell Quotes) America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It’s grotesquely mentally ill (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I used to be monastic, almost. Now I’m like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I’m catching up on Americana (Joni Mitchell Quotes) If I’m censoring for anyone, it’s for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don’t understand me that well (Joni Mitchell Quotes) When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here (Joni Mitchell Quotes) My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I’m a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, ‘Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!’ and I took that as a great compliment. That’s exactly my intention (Joni Mitchell Quotes) One of the biggest obstacles I’ve overcome in my life was thinking I didn’t deserve to be successful. Artistically I’m not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I’m not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years (Joni Mitchell Quotes) It’s life’s illusions that I recall, I really don’t know life at all (Joni Mitchell Quotes) But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed Well something’s lost, but something’s gained In living every day (Joni Mitchell Quotes) There really are two different schools of songwriting-American and Canadian. It’s interesting. You guys have this history of guys like Paul Williams and Jimmy Webb, and they’re different than Neil Young and Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. All those weird voices come out of Canada. That’s because it’s so cold here we can hardly open our mouth. We get much less light in Canada. No wonder the writing’s dark (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I thrive on change. That’s probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They’ll be going along on one key and I’ll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that’s how my life is (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as well as Joni Mitchell. I concur. The thing that most affected me was just her resonance, and that is something she must have been born with (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here’s a label I’d accept: I’m an ‘individual.’ I’m someone who can’t follow, and doesn’t want to lead (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I produced her first album, and I was breaking up with her at the time. That was not comfortable. Falling in love with Joni Mitchell is a bit like falling into a cement mixer! (Joni Mitchell Quotes) Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them (Joni Mitchell Quotes) And for some reason, when I’m sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that’s actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell (Joni Mitchell Quotes) The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they’ll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we’re always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it’s the next song or just the next line (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists (Joni Mitchell Quotes) I’ve always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really talked about what was going on in the world and really artists that are timeless (Joni Mitchell Quotes)

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