Quotes by Joni Mitchell

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

I see music as fluid architecture.

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

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.

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

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person that's the nature of the work I do.

The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.

I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.