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.

As Joni Mitchell added new folk songs to her repertoire Joni Mitchell began to devise dozens of alternative tunings that allowed her to play each song. In the United Kingdom the album premiered at No. Layered atmospheric compositions such as "Overture / Cotton Avenue" featured more improvisatory collaboration while "Paprika Plains" was a 16-minute epic that stretched the boundaries of pop owing more to Mitchell's memories of childhood in Canada and her study of classical music.

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Mitchell has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres and her work is highly respected by critics. In the interim Mitchell has turned again toward pop embraced electronic music and engaged in political protest.