1970, Joni wrote: "I'm gonna make a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene..." Well, more than 30 years later, here we are with a new Joni Mitchell album.
In a Canadian television interview that aired in 2000 she said that she was ready to retire from the beginning because she got "waylaid into music," which was deviant from her will, which was to develop her painting skills. She never liked the big stage, never enjoyed fame and never really felt like art could successfully meet commerce without one or the other suffering. She is not going to quit. She may feel like she wants to, but she's been feeling like that since before she was famous. Has it stopped her? Not one bit. She'll be around for years to come, provided she remains in good health. Even if her voice gives out entirely, she has so many options: instrumental work, painting, poetry, fiction, autiobiography. She's the personification of "art" and she will be true to herself no matter what the cost. So, let's all settle down, have some rum and egg-nog and just be glad we share a love of this great woman, despite differing opinions on how best to love her, which aspect of her work one should love the most, what she should do and should not do. We're all Joni fans, right? She is not going anywhere anytime soon, no matter how much or loudly she may lament. So, let's just relax! -Andrew Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
