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leonardcohenofficial · 3 months ago

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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

#joni mitchell #would be super helpful for a footnote for the dissertation—talking about the ways male singer songwriters (bob dylan LC etc.) are praised #for their masterful ability in storytelling whereas female singer songwriters are often treated like they only know how to talk about the #personal and people 1) dissect their songs to figure out who they're about (see: carly simon joni mitchell etc.) and/or 2) dismiss their #skills in storytelling

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