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

Quote by Joni Mitchell

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

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...

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...

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.

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....

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...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

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...

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...

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

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

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

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've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.