I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world?… — 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
Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you, right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Oh it gets so lonely When you're walking And the streets are full of strangers — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
In a pure anonymous encounter you find a world alive and full of character. In New York, the street adventures are incredible.… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song,… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song. — 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
