Joni Mitchell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I sing my sorrow, and I paint my joy.”

“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.”

“My family could only afford to get me the box of eight Crayola crayons, but I craved the one with all 24 colours. I wanted magenta and turquoise and silver and gold.”

“We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers.”

“Van Gogh was impulsive.”

“I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.”

“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.”

“You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.”

“There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.”

“My parents told me I'd point to a bed of flowers and say 'Pink. Pretty,' before I knew any other words.”