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.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.