Joni Mitchell

In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#gift #loss #music #out #really

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#bad #bad time #book #fiction #go

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#him #i #ira #mean #shame

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

#albums #basically #being #covered #first

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#disturb #goal #more #than #writer

My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#face #heart #species #stupidity

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#descent #eye #individual #into #ironically

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#came #down #granny #life #lot

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#gone #got #had #how #i

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#before #had #human #human animal #less