I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
If you're smart or rich or lucky Maybe you'll beat the laws of man But the inner laws of spirit And the… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
When you reach that kind of successful pinnacle, it is the nature of the business and the press and everything that they… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
You snipe so steady, you snub so snide, so rip and ready to diminish and deride. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
