The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.
Joni MitchellAll I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too.
Joni MitchellI was anti-intellectual to the nth. Basically I liked to dance and paint, and that was about it.
Joni Mitchell