So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way. Joni Mitchell More Quotes by Joni Mitchell More Quotes From Joni Mitchell My husband had an education. He had a degree in Literature. I married into a camp of literary types. Joni Mitchell degreeshusbandliterature Fear is like the wilderland - Stepping stones or sinking sand Joni Mitchell stepping-stonessandstones Love is a very hard feeling to keep alive. It's a very fragile plant. Joni Mitchell alivefeelingslove-is Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone. Joni Mitchell human-conditiongonemotivational I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic. Joni Mitchell daughtermothergiving Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we both get so blue. I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, looking for the key to set me free. Joni Mitchell missing-someonelonelybaby But you know it's hard to tell When you're in the spell if it's wrong or if it's real But you're bound to lose If you let the blues get you scared to feel Joni Mitchell scaredrealfeels I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said "Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed Joni Mitchell devildeedsmouths Oh it gets so lonely Joni Mitchell strangerlonelysong There's a man who's been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breathing Of the water weeds While she was busy being free Joni Mitchell weedqueensdream I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world. Joni Mitchell kissingkidsthinking I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is. Joni Mitchell knowssong When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt so I was sort of a novice folkie... I was singing folk songs at that time. Joni Mitchell teachingsongart What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song. Joni Mitchell movementkeyssong I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people. Joni Mitchell ageyoungpeople You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart. Joni Mitchell behind-youone-dayheart My first four albums covered the usual youth problems - looking for love in all the wrong places - while the next five are basically about being in your 30s. Joni Mitchell nextusualfirsts When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. Joni Mitchell meccacaliforniaworld I live in a box of paints Joni Mitchell boxesdevilpaint There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down. Joni Mitchell russiatexasnight
