Joni Mitchell on fame:
The people that feel the music… The trick is, if you listen to that music and you see me, you’re not getting anything out of it. If you listen to that music, and you see yourself, it’ll probably make you cry and you’ll learn something about yourself, and now you’re getting something out of it. You know? And those are the people… those, those are the people, you know, that, my communication is complete. Most of them, they know I’m famous, they know I’m this, but there’s no real communication, there’s just a phenomenon there, you know? And people will flick their bick at anything.
Interview from CBS Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEJuiZN3jI8
Joni, forever my intellectual and emotional godmother.
Becoming an Artist 