Word: joni
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know I'll try to be there for you When your spirits start to sink But rock-'n'-roll publications seldom discussed the substance of her songs. Record reviews often became forays into her private life. At first the publicity had little effect on Joni's writing. She said, "If I express a truthful emotion that is pure and honest, then I consider the poem a success." But when Rolling Stone published a chart of the rock scene showing her suspected lovers, the spotlight became too bright. Joni fled temporarily to Europe. Even now she calls...
Checked and approved by both her fans and rock peers, Joni Mitchell is fairly content. A close family relationship brings twice yearly visits back to Saskatoon. Since no concerts are scheduled for the present, she has plenty of time to finish decorating the 16-room Bel Air hacienda into which she settled last month with her current companion John Guerin, 35, a drummer...
...Joni, life is very civilized -and perhaps a bit boring. "If I were to write the words I'm feeling now, it would probably read something like 'Zsa Zsa's got her jewels/ Minnie's got her chicken to go/ I've got my corporations/ I'm a capitalistic so and so.' " She refers to two music corporations she owns and some real estate interests...
Striving is easy for Joni Mitchell. Two collections of her sketches and poems are to be published next year. In the past month she has produced a song, two poems and several varied, expressionistic paintings. Because he was creative his entire life, Picasso is her idol now, and if his influence is as strong as James Dean's, Joni Mitchell will continue to be rock 'n' roll's woman of heart-and mind...
...course of reporting and writing about Joni Mitchell, TIME Correspondent David DeVoss received a dinner invitation from her. His report...