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…

Quote by Joni Mitchell

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I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

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

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

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

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

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

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best...

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate,...

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate,...

All the money you make will never buy back your soul.

All the money you make will never buy back your soul.

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word, when it ceases...

When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word, when it ceases...

A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows. Love can...

A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows. Love can...

It having been a very cold night last night I had got some cold, and...

It having been a very cold night last night I had got some cold, and...

Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains

Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains