Joni Mitchell - People Quotes

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I was demanding of myself a deeper and greater honesty, more and more revelation in my work in order to give it back to the people where it goes into their lives and nourishes them and changes their direction and makes light bulbs go off in their head and makes them feel. And it isn't vague, it strikes against the very nerves of their life and in order to do that you have to strike against the very nerves of your own.

Joni Mitchell

They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em.

Joni Mitchell

All the people at this party, they've got a lot of style,
They've got stamps of many countries, they've got passport smiles.
Some are friendly, some are cutting, some are watchin' it from the wings,
Some are standin' in the center givin' to get something.

Joni Mitchell

In a pure anonymous encounter you find a world alive and full of character. In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in people's faces. You hear the songs immediately. Here, in Los Angeles, there are fewer characters because they are all inside automobiles.

Joni Mitchell

The most important thing is to write in your own blood. I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel.

Joni Mitchell