“ 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
“ I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets a bad rap; he's ver… Joni Mitchell
“ No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Joni Mitchell
“ I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I haven't recorded it. Joni Mitchell
“ I've looked at life from both sides now From up and down and still somehowIt's life's illusions I recallI really don't know life at all Joni Mitchell
“ The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music. Joni Mitchell
“ Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists. Joni Mitchell
“ In search of love and music my whole life has beenIlluminationCorruptionAnd diving, diving, diving, diving down To pick up on every shiny thing Joni Mitchell
“ You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You don't really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a… Joni Mitchell
“ 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 l… Joni Mitchell
