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title: "4 Chords Quotes By Joni Mitchell"
description: "4 Chords quotes by Joni Mitchell. Plus more from Joni Mitchell and more Chords sayings from other authors."
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> [Once I got the open tunings for some reason, I began to get the harmonic sophistication that I heard that my musical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/once-i-got-the-open-tunings-for-some-reason-i-began-to-get-the/)

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

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> [I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-get-the-same-charge-from-juxtaposition-of-colors-as-i-do-from/)

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

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> [You've got to shake your fists at lightning now, you've got to roar like forest fire You've got to spread your light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/you-ve-got-to-shake-your-fists-at-lightning-now-you-ve-got-to-roar/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/joni-mitchell-1160_aim_you-ve-got-to-shake-your-fists-at-lightn_1704894.png)

> [I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/i-thrive-on-change-that-s-probably-why-my-chord-changes-are-weird/)

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

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## Other authors on Chords

## 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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