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I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots. ↗

— Henry Miller

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My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#area #birth #boston #died #either

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

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#i #light #like #little #make

I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#hard #i #method #sing #songs

I'm a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that's the nature of the work I do. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#i #i do #introspective #nature #person

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#nobody #people #personal #say #sing

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#back #come #daughter #did #i

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#compilation #coverage #creativity #critical #during

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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