I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem,… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
That's one thing that's always, like, been a difference between, like, the performing arts, and being a painter, you know. A painter… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
They paved paradise and put up a parkin lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot Don't it always seem… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share
