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Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#art #back #basically #big #enough

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

— Joni Mitchell

#continue #fine #fine arts #further #go

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

— Joni Mitchell

#hard #i #method #sing #songs

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

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 the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#becomes #helm #make #mark #massive

After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway. ↗

— Kel Mitchell

#broadway #chicago #doing #downtown #go

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#dying #fighting #land #lasts #only

Southerners can never resist a losing cause. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#losing #never #resist #southerners