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title: "4 Block Quotes By Joni Mitchell"
description: "4 Block quotes by Joni Mitchell. Plus more from Joni Mitchell and more Block sayings from other authors."
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> [Unlike some of my peers, I haven't really hit a writer's block. When I hit a block I just paint, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/unlike-some-of-my-peers-i-haven-t-really-hit-a-writer-s-block-when-i/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/joni-mitchell-1160_block_unlike-some-of-my-peers-i-haven-t-really_327223.png)

> [In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/in-new-york-the-street-adventures-are-incredible-there-are-a-thousand/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/joni-mitchell-1160_adventure_in-new-york-the-street-adventures-are-in_1336648.png)

> [In a pure anonymous encounter you find a world alive and full of character. In New York, the street adventures are incredible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/in-a-pure-anonymous-encounter-you-find-a-world-alive-and-full-of/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/joni-mitchell-1160_adventure_in-a-pure-anonymous-encounter-you-find-a_1901106.jpg)

> [Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/not-to-dismiss-gershwin-but-gershwin-is-the-chip-ellington-was-the/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/joni-mitchell-1160_block_not-to-dismiss-gershwin-but-gershwin-is_2670797.png)

## Other authors on Block

## More by Joni Mitchell

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/they-paved-paradise-and-put-up-a-parkin-lot-with-a-pink-hotel-a/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/and-the-seasons-they-go-round-and-round-and-the-painted-ponies-go-up/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [Abstract Expressionism was invented by New York drunks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/abstract-expressionism-was-invented-by-new-york-drunks/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-have-one-piece-of-music-since-1997-and-i-don-t-see-it-having-lyrics/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/musically-i-would-never-run-dry-any-time-i-sit-down-to-an-instrument/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/you-snipe-so-steady-you-snub-so-snide-so-rip-and-ready-to-diminish/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-loved-debussy-stravinsky-chopin-tchaikovsky-anything-with-romantic/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/when-the-spirit-of-child-s-play-enters-into-the-creative-process-it-s/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/americans-have-decided-to-be-stupid-and-shallow-since-1980/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-was-young-for-my-age-not-as-na-ve-as-they-expected-i-don-t-know-why/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/this-is-a-nation-that-has-lost-the-ability-to-be-self-critical-and/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/land-of-snap-decisions-land-of-short-attention-spans-nothing-is/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [I like my freedom. I like to do my own grocery shopping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-like-my-freedom-i-like-to-do-my-own-grocery-shopping/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-m-not-a-pitiable-creature-it-s-just-that-i-suffer-very-eloquently/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

> [I can't remember anything I ever wrote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-can-t-remember-anything-i-ever-wrote/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

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