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We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#democracy #dictator #elected #even #him

Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#shallow #since #stupid

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#edith #i #knocked #know #off

Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#community #eventually #feel #i #isolated

I don't like being too looked up at or too looked down on. I prefer meeting in the middle to being worshiped or spat out. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#down #i #like #looked #meeting

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#complex #emotions #europeans #experiencing #handle

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

#go #haven #having #i #lyrics

I learned a woman is never an old woman. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#learned #never #old #old woman #woman

I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#eden #entire #entire world #every #every time

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana. ↗