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So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#because #brothers #competitive #complex #developed

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#clarity #complaining #contribute #could #emotional

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#enrich #need #said #things #world

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It's grotesquely mentally ill. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#dragging #ill #mentally #position #world

An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#does #happy #mother #raise #unhappy

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 think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#continue #fine #fine arts #further #go

I'd had a rough childhood. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#had #i #rough