Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, CCis a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Mitchell's work is highly respected by critics, and she has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres. Rolling Stone has called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Her lyrics are noted for their developed poetics, addressing social and environmental ideals...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth7 November 1943
CountryCanada
Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be. .
Love is a very hard feeling to keep alive. It's a very fragile plant.
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.
I hate show business.
I hang my laundry on the line when I write.
The most important thing is to write in your own blood. I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel.
You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.
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.
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.
Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release.
An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.
I create by feeling rather than by intellectualizing.
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 haven't recorded it.
I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.