#for their masterful ability in storytelling whereas female singer songwriters are often treated like they only know how to talk about the

[leonardcohenofficial]

asking the trusted friends and mutuals to help me out here; i swear there's an interview with joni mitchell out there where (i'm totally paraphrasing) she talks about how not every song she's written is reflective of something that's actually happened to her and she knows how to tell stories well—does anyone happen to know what quote i am thinking of and/or if i've just made this up in my head LOL