Joni Mitchell Quotes

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• I learned a woman is never an old woman.
• Happiness is the best facelift.
• I believe that I am male and I am female,
• My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.
• When you reach that kind of successful pinnacle, it is the nature of the business and the press and everything that they go about tearing…
• They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
• The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of…
• All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too.
• But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.
• In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.
• I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.
• I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home
• When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.
• I still believe in the power of the word, that words inspire.
• I'm not a kiss-and-teller. I never named names.
• Sunlight will renew your pride.
• The rock & roll industry is very incestuous, and we have all been close at one time or another. A lot of beautiful music and…
• Fame is a series of misunderstandin gs surrounding a name.
• All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.
• I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next…

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