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Joni Mitchell
69 quotes
“Tears and fears and feeling proud, To say "I love you" right out loud, Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I’ve looked at life that way. But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed Well something’s lost, but something’s gained In living ev’ry day.”
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“I’ve looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow, It’s love’s illusions I recall I really don’t know love at all.”
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“And the seasons they go round and round, And the painted ponies go up and down, We’re all captive on the carousel of time We can’t return we can only look behind From where we came And go 'round and 'round and 'round In the circle game.”
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“I came upon a child of god, He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me: "I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm I’m going to join in a rock ’n’ roll band I’m going to camp out on the land, I’m going to try an’ get my soul free.”
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“I don't know who I am / but you know, life is for learning.”
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“We are stardust, We are golden, And we’ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden.”
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“By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere there was song and celebration. And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky And they were turning into butterflies Above our nation.”
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“They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot.”
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“Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone. They paved paradise, And put up a parking lot.”
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“They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum And they charged all the people A dollar and a half just to see 'em.”
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“Hey farmer, farmer, Put away that DDT now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please!”
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“I remember the time you told me, you said "Love is touching souls," Surely you've touched mine, cause Part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time.”
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“I wanna be strong, I wanna laugh along, I wanna belong to the living. Alive, alive, I wanna get up and jive, Wanna wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive.”
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“Secrets and sharing soda, That's how our time began. Love is a story told to a friend It's second hand.”
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“Some are friendly Some are cutting Some are watching it from the wings Some are standing in the centre giving to get something.”
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“Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release.”
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“Friends have told her "Not so proud" Neighbors trying to sleep are yelling "Not so loud" Lovers in anger, "Block of ice" Harder and harder just to be nice.”
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“It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees. They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace. I wish I had a river I could skate away on”
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“I don’t think of myself as confessional. That’s a name that was put on me. The confessional poets like [Sylvia] Plath, whom I read later when they started calling me confessional, most of their stuff seemed contrived to me and not as greatly honest as it was touted to be. I never wanted to act the part of the poet, with pearls of language and wisdom falling from my lips...I’ve always used the songwriting process as a self-analysis of sorts. Like the Blue album – people were kind of shocked at the intimacy. It was peculiar in the pop arena at that time, because you were supposed to portray yourself as bigger than life. I remember thinking, “Well, if they’re going to worship me, they should know who they’re worshiping.”
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