Explore Quotes by Joni Mitchell

I get the urge for going/But I never seem to go.

I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song.

I learned from admiration and osmosis.

All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.

If you're smart or rich or lucky _x000D_ Maybe you'll beat the laws of man _x000D_ But the inner laws of spirit _x000D_ And the outer laws of nature _x000D_ No man can

Fame is a series of misunderstandin gs surrounding a name.

The rock & roll industry is very incestuous, and we have all been close at one time or another. A lot of beautiful music and a lot of beautiful times came from that. A lot of pain, too, because, inevitably, different relationships broke up.

Sunlight will renew your pride.

I'm not a kiss-and-teller. I never named names.

I still believe in the power of the word, that words inspire.

Yesterday a child came out to wonder_x000D__x000D_Caught a dragonfly inside a jar_x000D__x000D_Fearful when the sky was full of thunder_x000D__x000D_And tearful at the falling of a star

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl. Most of my best _x000D_ work came out of it.

I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.

Tears and fears and feeling proud_x000D__x000D_To say I love you, right out loud_x000D__x000D_Dreams and schemes and circus crowds_x000D__x000D_I've looked at life that way._x000D__x000D_But now old friends are acting strange_x000D__x000D_They shake their heads, they say I've changed_x000D__x000D_Something's lost, but something's gained_x000D__x000D_In living every day_x000D__x000D_I've looked at life from both sides now_x000D__x000D_From win and lose, and still somehow_x000D__x000D_It's life's illusions I recall_x000D__x000D_I really don't know life at all

But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too.

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy.

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.