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. Joni Mitchell More Quotes by Joni Mitchell More Quotes From Joni Mitchell I paint my joy and I sing my sorrow. Joni Mitchell music sorrow joy I still believe in the power of the word, that words inspire. Joni Mitchell stills inspire believe No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Joni Mitchell likes humans animal If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well. Joni Mitchell moral parent people I sang in art school, just to get money to smoke. Joni Mitchell get-money art school It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker. Joni Mitchell innovation stars needs Tears and fears and feeling proud Joni Mitchell dream love-you song Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. Joni Mitchell sorrow grief life I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song. Joni Mitchell song morning beautiful Abstract Expressionism was invented by New York drunks. Joni Mitchell artistic abstract new-york Won't you stay We'll put on the day And we'll talk in present tenses Joni Mitchell Heart and humor and humility, he said will lighten up your heavy load. Joni Mitchell humility heart friendship Do you want - do you want - do you want to dance with me baby? Joni Mitchell dance want baby 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. Joni Mitchell frustrated style girl We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind. Joni Mitchell return philosophy looks I create by feeling rather than by intellectualizing. Joni Mitchell feelings I came upon a child of god, He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me: "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm going to camp out on the land, I'm going to try an' get my soul free. Joni Mitchell rocks land children 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. Joni Mitchell oxen home people I am as constant as a northern star Joni Mitchell northern-star constant stars In a pure anonymous encounter you find a world alive and full of character. In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in people's faces. You hear the songs immediately. Here, in Los Angeles, there are fewer characters because they are all inside automobiles. Joni Mitchell block new-york song
