"In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss." ― Joni Mitchell Topic(s): Music More From Joni Mitchell "I don’t understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions?" "I lost my daughter at 21. I had to give her up because I was broke, no place to take her, no money to take her. That was very traumatic." "I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it." More In Music "Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine."― Robin Gibb "I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn’t have had more obstacles."― Marilyn Manson "One often makes music to supplement one’s world."― Brian Eno