Honor the extraordinary legacy of Joni Mitchell on November 7 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on Canadian Singer-Songwriter, Painter & Multi-Grammy Winning Folk Icon.
“You could write a song about some kind of emotional situation you've been in, and only you know the truth about it.”
“I am a lonely painter / I live in a box of paints / I'm frightened by the devil / And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't.”
“Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.”
“I have lived on both sides of life, and looked at clouds from both sides now.”
“The trick is if you love your work, then you will have fun every day.”
“We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.”
“I'd rather be a rebel than a slave to an image.”
“At the period where I was being most scrutinized, I was writing from the purest place inside myself.”
“Songwriting is like painting—you put down a color, and then you have to find the color that complements it.”
“Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release.”
