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There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getti

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down. – Joni Mitchell

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I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I dont see it having lyrics. Where does it go in this world? So I havent recorded it. – Joni Mitchell

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You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbits foot of their particular religion. You dont really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life. – Joni Mitchell

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I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching. – Ellie Goulding

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In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I havent listened to in years. – Susan Orlean

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The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. Im not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage. – Pete Townshend

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Music will always be my No. 1 passion, but I dont have to be doing it professionally. Its not really about that for me anymore. I feel like I dont have to look at it as a career. I can just rest in it and just be. – Jessica Simpson

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