Tag Archives: Joni Mitchell

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

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

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

I'd had a rough childhood. Joni Mitchell

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality. Joni Mitchell

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. Joni Mitchell

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets a bad rap; he's very misunderstood. He's a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers. Joni Mitchell

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. Joni Mitchell

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

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana. Joni Mitchell