Joni Mitchell : (5) " I sing my sorrow, and I paint my joy. " - Joni Mitchell " To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality. " - Joni Mitchell " An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child. " - Joni Mitchell " 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 " In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. " - Joni Mitchell