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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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 learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

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...

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...

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 hate show business.

I hate show business.

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...

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...

Jealousy is the great exaggerator

Jealousy is the great exaggerator

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the...

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the...

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.