Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, CCis a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Mitchell's work is highly respected by critics, and she has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres. Rolling Stone has called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Her lyrics are noted for their developed poetics, addressing social and environmental ideals...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth7 November 1943
CountryCanada
When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt, so was sort of a novice folkie. ... I was singing folk songs at that time.
The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief.
When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.
I sang in art school, just to get money to smoke.
An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.
I certainly don't want to be an angry old artist.
I wanted to paint in a folk-artist-y way. My heroes were Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Rembrandt. I think Picasso is about as a modern as I got. But I incorporated things that they rejected as well as movements that happened later.
I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue.
The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet.
The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.
I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.
For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.
Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.
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.