Joni Mitchell Quotes

I'd had a rough childhood.
Joni Mitchell

Childhood, Rough

I'm a Buddhist.
Joni Mitchell

I'm a little young for retirement.
Joni Mitchell

Young, Retirement

I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them.
Joni Mitchell

Hard, Why, Songs

I'm a night owl.
Joni Mitchell

I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.
Joni Mitchell

Sleep, Forget, Career

I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently.
Joni Mitchell

Suffer, Creature, Eloquently

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.
Joni Mitchell

Different, Guitar

If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.
Joni Mitchell

Parents, Understand, Moral

In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.
Joni Mitchell

Music, Writing, Gift

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.
Joni Mitchell

Time, Good, Bad

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.
Joni Mitchell

Writing, Mean, Him

My first four albums covered the usual youth problems - looking for love in all the wrong places - while the next five are basically about being in your 30s.
Joni Mitchell

Love, Problems, Wrong

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.
Joni Mitchell

Goal, Writer, Comfort

My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species.
Joni Mitchell

Heart, Stupidity, Broken

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television.
Joni Mitchell

Life, Down, Television

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die.
Joni Mitchell

Time, Die, Matter

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.
Joni Mitchell

Great, Girl, Said

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at.
Joni Mitchell

After, Dream, Getting

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.
Joni Mitchell

Chip, Dismiss, Block

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle, and I stopped!
Joni Mitchell

Words, Started, Bar

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.
Joni Mitchell

Personal, Used, Nobody

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 Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy.
Joni Mitchell

Best, Thought, Proud

The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet.
Joni Mitchell

Art, Kids, Coming

The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.
Joni Mitchell

Music, Art, Nothing

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Nationality: Canadian

Born: November 7, 1943

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