I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions?
Joni Mitchell

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.
Joni Mitchell

I hate show business.
Joni Mitchell

I learned a woman is never an old woman.
Joni Mitchell

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.
Joni Mitchell

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.
Joni Mitchell

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.
Joni Mitchell

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue.
Joni Mitchell