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Joni Mitchell: An Interview (part 2)

Penny Valentine, Sounds, 10 June 1972

LAST WEEK Joni Mitchell spoke for the first time in over two years about why she virtually "retired" from the music scene during a period of searching and self-exploration. How her writing had become a therapy for her to overcome something of a real crisis in her career and in her outlook.

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