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Joni Mitchell Quotes



Quotes by Joni Mitchell - (12 quotes)

Joni Mitchell - From the Confession category:

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Creativity category:

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Frustration category:

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Joy category:

I'm a painter first. I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Knowledge category:

Everything I've learned, I learned from admiration and osmosis. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Life category:

I've looked at life from both sides now / From win and lose and still somehow / It's life's illusions I recall / I really don't know life at all. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Loneliness category:

Oh, I am a lonely painter / I live in a box of paints... (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Love category:

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Painting category:

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Profession category:

I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Rewards category:

One line came like a gift. It flowed out. I drew back and said 'thank you' to the room. (Joni Mitchell)

Joni Mitchell - From the Sadness category:

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. (Joni Mitchell)