“I see music as fluid architecture.”
Architecture
“To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.”
MusicAll Quotes by Joni Mitchell
“I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person that's the nature of the work I do.”
Nature“The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.”
Music“No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal.”
Nature“I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.”
Age“Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.”
Success“I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.”
Respect“I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.”
Business“In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.”
Music“I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it.”
Music“To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.”
Music“Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time.”
Art“I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.”
Music“I hate show business.”
Business“The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.”
Nature“I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.”
Home“I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.”
Poetry“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 moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.”
Good“Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.”
Sympathy“We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.”
War