The 1974 album that reminds Stevie Nicks of her darkest days
It was her anchor.
Joni Mitchell
The 1980s musician Joni Mitchell could never agree with: “We’d be stalemated”
The right person but the wrong partner.
The masterpiece album Joni Mitchell’s fans couldn’t stand: “Horrified a lot of people”
The initial resistance to emotional honesty.
The singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen could never stop admiring: “A musical monster”
High praise from Leonard Cohen.
“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.