Joni Mitchell

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

But I have a tremendous will to live and a tremendous 'joie de vivre,' alternating with irritability.

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.