Joni Mitchell in her own words

Now, Planet Waves wasn't one of Bobby's best projects, and I hadn't expected it to be a competitive situation, but for the first time in my career I felt this sibling rivalry.

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I was in the industry for a long time before I had any idea of what drugs people were doing. I mean, I'd say, "Geez, he looks awfully skinny. Why doesn't he have an appetite?" I was very, very sheltered by Elliot Roberts and Crosby, Stills and Nash, when I first entered the business. Even in my early teens, in Canada, I was always protected. People always looked out for me in that way. In high school, I was kind of like the school artist. I did backdrops for school plays, I was always involved in illustrating yearbooks. I designed the UNICEF Christmas card for a guy who was like the school leader, the senior watchman.
He reimbursed me with a Miles Davis album.