Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Quote by Joni Mitchell

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

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

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

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.

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some...

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.

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 can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm...

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I...

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...

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 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....

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.

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...

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...

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

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...

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...