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

Quote by Joni Mitchell

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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...

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.

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...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

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.

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...

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be...

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be...

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

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...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

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

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

I hate show business.

I hate show business.

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

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

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the...