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suffocateorletgo:

now where in the city can that boy be?

joni mitchell performing car on a hill in 1974

Joni Mitchell “Carey”

appletvsource:

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
- Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now -

CODA [2021]

Joni Mitchell, 1968, by Don Howard.

“When I heard, ‘You can’t do that, you’re a girl,’ I went ahead and did it anyway.” - Joni, Maclean’s, 2014

(The photo and quote both come from Joni’s March 2022 newsletter celebrating International Women’s Month. Read it online here.)

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bobdylan-n-jonimitchell:

“I’d go down all the time, when Buffy was in town, to watch her play. And one of the things that amazed me about her was, she used to wear flamenco shoes at that time. Like a…kind of a…with a little heel and she would stand on one foot with her leg cocked up behind in the classical movie kiss position, y’know, when a girl lifts up one leg. With her eyes closed—and she never banged her nose on the microphone. That amazed me, I’d think ‘My god’…I used to sing with my eyes closed and I always banged my nose against the microphone. So I was very impressed with the ballet, as well with her writing. Because there weren’t many women writing songs at that time. Buffy was building a repertoire, and her songs were intelligent, crafted, and she was a stunning performer.”—Joni Mitchell on Buffy Sainte-Marie.

soundsof71:

Joni Mitchell at the Troubadour, Los Angeles 1974, with Tom Scott, by Henry Diltz

Joni Mitchell, Blue, A&M, Reprise Records, 1971.

Joni Mitchell, Blue, A&M, Reprise Records, 1971.

suffocateorletgo:

and the power of reason, and the flowers of deep feeling, seem to serve me, only to deceive me

song for sharon, joni mitchell // eve tempted, john roddam spencer stanhope (1877) // eve, anna lea merritt (1885)

The Last Waltz (1978)

10oclockdot:

Peace.

Joni Mitchell, 1974

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Kate McKinnon & Aidy Bryant go out with Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game” and ✨grey adult pigtails✨

Joni Mitchell “Harry’s House” The Rosie O'Donnell Show, November 8, 1996.

Joni Mitchell during a rehearsal for her appearance on The Johnny Cash Show, 1970.

Joni Mitchell “California” The Johnny Cash Show—Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, July 10, 1970.

bobdylan-n-jonimitchell:

Joni Mitchell, March 28, 1971 © Richard Upper.

“After the show, everyone was backstage and was starting to leave and so forth. And I went back out into the arena and the roadies were all there doing the load out and Joni Mitchell’s sitting at the piano all by herself, the house lights on and everything. And I just went up and started taking pictures of her at the piano—How did she like that?—Mmm [laughs] Yeah, she loved it.”—Richard Upper, 2021.

“I felt exposed, like I couldn’t have people in the room witnessing me. I couldn’t really be around people. I felt too vulnerable. I felt like everybody could see into me and see that I was suffering.”—Joni Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2021.

Joni Mitchell, 1982 © Norman Seeff.

Joni Mitchell, March 28, 1971 © Richard Upper.