Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.
Joni MitchellRichard got married to a figure skater, and he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator.
Joni MitchellThe Blue album, thereโs hardly a dishonest note in the vocals. At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldnโt pretend in my life to be strong. Or to be happy. But the advantage of it in the music was that there were no defenses there, either.
Joni Mitchell