You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that…

Quote by Joni Mitchell

Topics: Joni Mitchell Quotes

I hate show business.

I hate show business.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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,...

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 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...