The singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen could never stop admiring: “A musical monster”
High praise from Leonard Cohen.
Joni Mitchell
“That’s absurd”: The show Joni Mitchell and Neil Young agree is the death of music
The demolishing of a calling.
The 1974 album Joni Mitchell grew to resent: “Nothing seemed to come up”
Being pigeonholed for the wrong reasons.
The 1977 song Joni Mitchell wrote about the “miserly” figure of Bob Dylan
The two have never been close.
Five musicians who couldn’t stand John Lennon: “Ain’t no revolutionary”
“John Lennon ain’t no revolutionary. He’s a fucking idiot, man.”
The 1968 song that had everything Joni Mitchell ever wanted: “The real shit”
Everything sounding pitch perfect.
The 2000 song Joni Mitchell that would become her “definitive performance”
Seeing things in a different light.
The most beautiful song Joni Mitchell ever sang on: “You couldn’t beat it”
Getting every note into place.
The 1965 Bob Dylan song that inspired Joni Mitchell’s career: “It’s just humanness”
A moment of inspiration.
