Emilia, So you're doing your research for a school paper on the Internet, eh? How very 21st Century of you! To answer your question about music, Joni likes lots of different types of music. In an interview on "My Top 12" - from BBC Radio 1, London, England - May 29, 1983, Joni said that she is influenced by Edith Piaf (a French singer), Miles Davis (an American Jazz trumpeter), Warrior Drummers from Burundi in Africa, Igor Stravinsky (a classical composer) and these singer/songwriters: The Beatles, Little Richard, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Bob Dylan (yes, Jacob's father), Laura Nyro, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Peter Gabriel. Joni's political thoughts are many including a song called "Borderline" where she says that people spend too much time divide each other into groups instead of pulling together in harmony. There are two excellent sources of information on Joni. The biography section on www.jonimitchell.com . To use this, click on "WITH FRAME INDEX". Then, at the left, click on "BIO". This is the best biography I ever seen on Joni but it's huge. Secondly, the collection of articles on Joni at http://www.jmdl.com/articles/bypub.cfm If time is running short, you can get an overview from an excellent article in "Vanity Fair" magazine at http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/9706vf.cfm . Consider including a picture of Joni in your report. Try http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1502641&f=0 , a site by a Joni Mitchell Discussion List member, Pat, who used to "open" for Joni in a coffeehouse in the old days. Maybe one of Joni's paintings might be just the thing. Go to http://www.jmdl.com/shinytoys/art/ and click on a few of Ken's links till you find a painting you like. If you're on a PC, right click and choose "Save Picture As". From there you can store the picture on your hard drive. Later, you can insert the picture into your Word document. Anyway, thanks for reading all this! I hope you enjoy reading about Joni and return if you want to ask more questions. You are always welcome here. All the best, Uncle Jim on 3/24/01 9:10 AM, Emilia Bedelia at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. I'm new to this and i need some information on Joni very very very > soon!!!! I'm doing a project on Joni for school and i need to know some of her > personal favorites. Like her favorite song and things like that! If any of you > know can you please send a post back? Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
