Joni Mitchell Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.”

“Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.”

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

“My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.”

“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.”

“I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.”

“Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.”

“I'm a little young for retirement.”

“To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.”

“Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them.”