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Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal.

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.

I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently.

Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.

I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic.

The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.

Drag wasn't always counterculture.

Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn't know what she was singing about.

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

Joni Mitchell