#ra

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 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. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#certain #cooperate #heard #i #longer

I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#broke #daughter #give #had #her

Game music has a purpose and it does incorporate sound effects. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#effects #game #game music #incorporate #music

If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#censoring #i #me #moral #old-fashioned

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#bad #bad time #book #fiction #go

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#him #i #ira #mean #shame

My life came down to being a granny and watching a lot of television. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#came #down #granny #life #lot

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

— Joni Mitchell

#considerations #corporation #especially #music #nothing

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 local station closed down. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#because #closed #down #german #get