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Quote by Joni Mitchell
In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of traged

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

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I dont 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

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Happiness
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Joni Mitchell
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Back then, I didnt 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 isnt enough time. – Joni Mitchell

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Art
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Joni Mitchell
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. – W. H. Auden

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Music

Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. – Henry David Thoreau

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Music

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads. – Maynard James Keenan

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Music

Music is a performance and needs the audience. – Michael Tippett

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Music

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