You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You don't really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life. Joni Mitchell on religion
I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect. Joni Mitchell on respect
Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists. Joni Mitchell on success
Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell. Joni Mitchell on sympathy
We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy. Joni Mitchell on war
We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers. Joni Mitchell on war