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“I wish I had a river I could skate away on?”

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Joni Mitchell is a renowned Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, and painter, born on November 7, 1943. Her musical career began in the 1960s, and she is known for her unique folk rock style and poignant lyrics. Her representative works include 'Woodstock', 'Big Yellow Taxi', and 'A Case of You', which have had a profound impact on future generations. more

“The Blue album, there’s hardly a dishonest note in the vocals. At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn’t pretend in my life to be strong. Or to be happy. But the advantage of it in the music was that there were no defenses there, either.”

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Author:Joni Mitchell

“I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is.”

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Author:Joni Mitchell

“I can't remember anything I ever wrote.”

I Can Remember

Author:Joni Mitchell

“I learned a woman is never an old woman.”

Old Woman

Author:Joni Mitchell