I live in a box of paints Joni Mitchell More Quotes by Joni Mitchell More Quotes From Joni Mitchell I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs. Joni Mitchell socialwritingsong Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. Joni Mitchell sickthreecommon everything comes and goes; pleasure moves on too early and trouble leaves too slow Joni Mitchell pleasuretroublemoving An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child. Joni Mitchell unhappymotherchildren In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. Joni Mitchell tragedylosswriting Love is touching souls. Joni Mitchell communicationloverelationship 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. Joni Mitchell musicwritingsong I could drink a case of you, darlin'...and I would still be on my feet, yes I would still be on my feet. Joni Mitchell drinkcasesfeet At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar. Joni Mitchell frustratedguitarwriting Fly silly sea bird, no dreams can possess you, no voices can blame you for sun on your wings. Joni Mitchell dreamsillyphilosophy 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. Joni Mitchell wantpeoplelooks They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Joni Mitchell environmentalprogressnature All the news of home you read, more about the war and of bloody changes. Joni Mitchell newshomewar I was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it. Joni Mitchell paintintellectual 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. Joni Mitchell creativitysongwar There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. Joni Mitchell honestyworldneeds Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do a national duty and go out and shop, surely people could begin to see what I was getting at. Joni Mitchell september-11dreampeople I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic. Joni Mitchell narcissistic They'll crucify you for staying the same, and they'll crucify you for change. I'd rather be crucified for changing. Joni Mitchell staying We call for the three great stimulants of the exhausted ones, artifice, brutality, and innocence. Joni Mitchell drugalcoholbrutality
