Editing Joni Mitchell (section)

===Influence===
Mitchell's approach to music struck a chord with many female listeners. In an era dominated by the stereotypical male rock star, she presented herself as "multidimensional and conflicted&nbsp;... allow[ing] her to build such a powerful identification among her female fans".{{sfn|Shumway|2014|p=150}} Mitchell asserted her desire for artistic control throughout her career, and still holds the publishing rights for her music. She has disclaimed the notion that she is a "feminist"; in a 2013 interview she rejected the label, stating, "I'm not a feminist. I don't want to get a posse against men. I'd rather go toe-to-toe; work it out."<ref name="Ghomeshi2013">{{cite web|first=Jian|last=Ghomeshi|author-link=Jian Ghomeshi|title=The Joni Mitchell Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEJuiZN3jI8|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|via=YouTube|access-date=June 1, 2017|date=June 10, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017140515/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEJuiZN3jI8|url-status=live}}</ref> David Shumway notes that Mitchell "became the first woman in popular music to be recognized as an artist in the full sense of that term.... Whatever Mitchell's stated views of feminism, what she represents more than any other performer of her era is the new prominence of women's perspectives in cultural and political life."{{sfn|Shumway|2014|p=150}}

Mitchell's work has had an influence on many other artists, including [[Taylor Swift]],<ref name="rs2016"/> [[Björk]],<ref name="rs2016">{{Cite magazine|date=June 22, 2016|title=15 Great Artists Influenced by Joni Mitchell|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/joni-mitchell-15-great-artists-influenced-by-the-blue-singer-168972/|url-status=live|access-date=March 19, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120080719/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/joni-mitchell-15-great-artists-influenced-by-the-blue-singer-168972/}}</ref> [[Prince (musician)|Prince]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Touré|year=2013|title=I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klG-uk8IRXEC|location=New York|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster|Atria Books]]|isbn=978-1476705491|author-link=Touré (journalist)|access-date=March 24, 2021|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414030025/https://books.google.com/books?id=klG-uk8IRXEC|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ellie Goulding]], [[Harry Styles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/harry-styles-cover-interview-album-871568/|title=The Eternal Sunshine Of Harry Styles|publisher=Rolling Stone|author=Rob Sheffield|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102083823/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/harry-styles-cover-interview-album-871568/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Corinne Bailey Rae]], [[Gabrielle Aplin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-joni-mitchell-generation-james-blake-corinne-bailey-rae-and-others-pay-tribute-8915548.html|title=The Joni Mitchell generation: James Blake, Corinne Bailey Rae and others pay tribute|author=Elisa Bray|work=[[The Independent]]|date=November 1, 2013|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413061809/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-joni-mitchell-generation-james-blake-corinne-bailey-rae-and-others-pay-tribute-8915548.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] from [[Opeth]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-talks-about-bands-new-album-heritage|title=Interview: Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt Talks About the Band's New Album, 'Heritage'|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=September 29, 2011|first=Josh|last=Hart|access-date=October 28, 2012|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019161047/http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-talks-about-bands-new-album-heritage|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pink Floyd]]'s [[David Gilmour]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://davidgilmour.com/guitars/Christies_Guitar_Auction_Q&As.pdf | title= Christie's Guitar Auction – David Answers Your Questions | work= davidgilmour.com | access-date= September 24, 2019 | archive-date= July 29, 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200729060618/https://www.davidgilmour.com/guitars/Christies_Guitar_Auction_Q%26As.pdf | url-status= live }}</ref> [[Marillion]] members [[Steve Hogarth]] and [[Steve Rothery]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/phil-simon/an-interview-with-marilli_b_1874019.html | title= An Interview with Marillion's Steve Hogarth | work= The Huffington Post | date= September 11, 2012 | access-date= June 14, 2013 | archive-date= June 30, 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130630003534/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/phil-simon/an-interview-with-marilli_b_1874019.html | url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://allaccessmagazine.com/vol7/issue12/steve-rothery.html | title=Steve Rothery interview | work=All Access Magazine | first=Kim | last=Thore |date=August 27, 2009| access-date=August 10, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325022145/http://allaccessmagazine.com/vol7/issue12/steve-rothery.html | archive-date=March 25, 2014 | url-status=usurped | df=mdy-all }}</ref> their former vocalist and lyricist [[Fish (singer)|Fish]],<ref>{{cite web | url= https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/fish-marillion-favourite-albums/ | title= This Must Be The Plaice: Fish's Favourite Albums | work= The Quietus |first=Rachel |last=Mann| date= May 20, 2013 | access-date= June 14, 2013 | archive-date= November 6, 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201106064311/https://thequietus.com/articles/12274-fish-marillion-favourite-albums?page=4 | url-status= live }}</ref> [[Paul Carrack]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/music/squeeze-roxy-musics-paul-carrack-4720220 | title= Squeeze and Roxy Music's Paul Carrack talks G Live | work= Get Surrey | date= January 16, 2013 | access-date= June 14, 2013 | archive-date= November 5, 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105181538/http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/music/squeeze-roxy-musics-paul-carrack-4720220 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Haim (band)|Haim]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/11/The-ABCs-of-HAIM-pops-coolest-sister-act |title=The ABCs of HAIM – pops coolest sister act |publisher=Music.CBC.ca |date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2014}}{{cbignore}}{{dead link|date=May 2017}}</ref> [[Lorde]],<ref>{{cite news|date=June 17, 2017|title=Lorde: 'I want to be Leonard Cohen. I want to be Joni Mitchell'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/17/lorde-singer-songwriter-music-royals-tom-lamont|access-date=December 1, 2020|first=Tom|last=Lamont|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113170527/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/17/lorde-singer-songwriter-music-royals-tom-lamont|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Clairo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=July 16, 2021 |title=Clairo: "I was too scared to think domesticity could be something I crave" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/clairo-cover-interview-2021-sling-2995095 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812044459/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/clairo-cover-interview-2021-sling-2995095 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Madonna]] has also cited Mitchell as the first female artist that really spoke to her as a teenager; "I was really, really into Joni Mitchell. I knew every word to ''[[Court and Spark]]''; I worshipped her when I was in high school. ''[[Blue (Joni Mitchell album)|Blue]]'' is amazing. I would have to say of all the women I've heard, she had the most profound effect on me from a lyrical point of view."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hirshey |first=Gerri |title=The Women in Rock Interviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 13, 1997}}</ref>

Several artists have had success [[cover version|covering]] Mitchell's songs. [[Judy Collins]]'s 1967 recording of "Both Sides, Now" reached No. 8 on ''Billboard'' charts and was a breakthrough in the career of both artists. (Mitchell's own recording did not see release until two years later, on her second album ''[[Clouds (Joni Mitchell album)|Clouds]]''.) This is Mitchell's most-covered song by far, with over 1,200 versions recorded at latest count.<ref name="covers">{{cite web|url=http://jonimitchell.com/music/covers-most.cfm|title=Joni Undercover|publisher=JoniMitchell.com|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222153257/http://jonimitchell.com/music/covers-most.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hole (band)|Hole]] also covered "Both Sides, Now" in 1991 on their debut album, ''[[Pretty on the Inside]]'', retitling it "Clouds", with the lyrics altered by frontwoman [[Courtney Love]]. Pop group Neighborhood in 1970 and [[Amy Grant]] in 1995 scored hits with covers of "Big Yellow Taxi", the third-most covered song in Mitchell's repertoire (with over 300 covers).<ref name="covers"/> More recent releases of this song included versions by [[Counting Crows]] in 2002 and [[Nena]] in 2007. [[Janet Jackson]] used a sample of the chorus of "Big Yellow Taxi" as the centerpiece of her 1997 hit single "[[Got 'Til It's Gone]]", which also features rapper [[Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip]] saying "Joni Mitchell never lies". "[[River (Joni Mitchell song)|River]]", from Mitchell's album ''Blue'' became the second-most covered song of Mitchell's in 2013 as many artists chose it for their holiday albums.<ref name="covers"/> Rap artists [[Kanye West]] and [[Mac Dre]] have also sampled Mitchell's vocals in their music. In addition, [[Annie Lennox]] has covered "Ladies of the Canyon" for the B-side of her 1995 hit "[[No More I Love You's]]". [[Mandy Moore]] covered "Help Me" in 2003. In 2004 singer [[George Michael]] covered her song "Edith and the Kingpin" for a radio show. "River" has been one of the most popular songs covered in recent years, with versions by [[Dianne Reeves]] (1999), [[James Taylor]] (recorded for television in 2000, and for CD release in 2004), [[Allison Crowe]] (2004), [[Rachael Yamagata]] (2004), [[Aimee Mann]] (2005), and [[Sarah McLachlan]] (2006). McLachlan also did a version of "Blue" in 1996, and [[Cat Power]] recorded a cover of "Blue" in 2008. Other Mitchell covers include the famous "[[Woodstock (song)|Woodstock]]" by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young]], [[Eva Cassidy]], and [[Matthews Southern Comfort]]; "[[This Flight Tonight]]" by [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]; and well-known versions of "A Case of You" by [[Tori Amos]], [[Michelle Branch]], [[Jane Monheit]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Diana Krall]], [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]], and [[Ana Moura]]. A 40th anniversary version of "Woodstock" was released in 2009 by Nick Vernier Band featuring Ian Matthews (formerly of Matthews Southern Comfort). Fellow Canadian singer [[k.d. lang]] recorded two of Mitchell's songs ("A Case of You" and "Jericho") for her 2004 album ''[[Hymns of the 49th Parallel]]'' which is composed entirely of songs written by Canadian artists.

Prince's version of "A Case of U" appeared on ''[[A Tribute to Joni Mitchell]]'', a 2007 compilation released by [[Nonesuch Records]], which also featured [[Björk]] ("The Boho Dance"), [[Caetano Veloso]] ("Dreamland"), [[Emmylou Harris]] ("The Magdalene Laundries"), [[Sufjan Stevens]] ("Free Man in Paris") and [[Cassandra Wilson]] ("For the Roses"), among others.

Several other songs reference Joni Mitchell. The song "[[Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)|Our House]]" by [[Graham Nash]] refers to Nash's two-year relationship with Mitchell at the time that Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded the ''[[Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)|Déjà Vu]]'' album. [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Going to California]]" was said to be written about [[Robert Plant]] and [[Jimmy Page]]'s [[Limerence|infatuation]] with Mitchell, a claim that seems to be borne out by the fact that, in live performances, Plant often says "Joni" after the line "To find a queen without a king, they say she plays guitar and cries and sings". Jimmy Page uses a double dropped D guitar tuning similar to the alternative tunings Mitchell uses. The [[Sonic Youth]] song "[[Hey Joni]]" is named for Mitchell. [[Alanis Morissette]] also mentions Mitchell in one of her songs, "Your House". British folk singer [[Frank Turner]] mentions Mitchell in his song "Sunshine State". The [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] song "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" contains the lyric – {{"'}}Oh, my favourite song' she said – and it was Joni singing '[[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help me I think I'm falling]]{{'"}}. "[[Lavender (Marillion song)|Lavender]]" by [[Marillion]] was partly influenced by "going through parks listening to Joni Mitchell", according to vocalist and lyricist [[Fish (singer)|Fish]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dprp.net/proghistory/index.php?i=1985_01|title=Marillion: Misplaced Childhood|work=Dutch Progressive Rock Page|access-date=August 26, 2012|archive-date=July 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728101733/http://www.dprp.net/proghistory/index.php?i=1985_01|url-status=live}}</ref> and she was later mentioned in the lyrics of their song "Montreal" from ''[[Sounds That Can't Be Made]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marillion.com/music/lyric.htm?id=822|title=Montreal|publisher=[[Marillion]]|access-date=August 25, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006043618/http://www.marillion.com/music/lyric.htm?id=822|url-status=live}}</ref> [[John Mayer]] makes reference to Mitchell and her ''Blue'' album in his song "[[Queen of California]]", from his 2012 album ''[[Born and Raised (John Mayer album)|Born and Raised]]''. The song contains the lyric "Joni wrote ''Blue'' in a house by the sea". Taylor Swift also details Mitchell's departure from the music industry in her song "The Lucky One" from her 2012 album ''[[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]]''.

In 2003, playwright [[Bryden MacDonald]] launched ''When All the Slaves Are Free'', a musical revue based on Mitchell's music.<ref name=columbia>Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn, ''The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama: M-Z, Volume 2'' (p. 843). [[Columbia University Press]], 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-231-14424-7}}.</ref>

Mitchell's music and poems have deeply influenced the French painter [[Jacques Benoit]]'s work. Between 1979 and 1989 Benoit produced sixty paintings, corresponding to a selection of fifty of Mitchell's songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jacquesbenoit.com/Joni_page_peintures%20-%20UK.html|title=Joni Mitchell|work=Jacques Benoit's website|access-date=March 7, 2014|archive-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307081811/http://jacquesbenoit.com/Joni_page_peintures%20-%20UK.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Maynard James Keenan]] of the American [[progressive metal]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]] has cited Mitchell as an influence, claiming that her influence is what allows him to "soften [staccato, rhythmic, insane mathematical paths] and bring [them] back to the center, so you can listen to it without having an eye-ache."<ref name="rs2016"/> [[A Perfect Circle]], another band featuring Keenan as lead vocalist, recorded a rendition of Mitchell's "[[The Fiddle and the Drum]]" on their 2004 album ''[[Emotive (album)|eMOTIVe]]'', a collection of anti-war cover songs.