joni mitchell on duality: don juan’s reckless daughter // down to you // song for sharon // cactus tree // both sides now // a strange boy // coyote // down to you // let the wind carry me // hejira // all i want // a case of you
“But me writing sad songs doesn’t mean I am a sad person,“ she says. “It’s all real and true, and I suffer, but I am not going to be moody all the time just for a brand. I just want everyone to know, which is what everyone already knows: everyone is everything all the time.”