Sasha Weiss

My parents introduced me to Joni Mitchell, and it was at a pretty young age. I mean, I can't really remember a time when her voice wasn't in my head.

Hmm.

Hmm.

I woke to Joanie. I slept to Joanie, you know, I think from the ages of like seven. I mean, very young. Wow. And they'd play it a lot on car rides. So I think Joanie... That seems apt. It's so apt, of course. That seems apt for a person who's... She's a traveler.

I woke to Joanie. I slept to Joanie, you know, I think from the ages of like seven. I mean, very young. Wow. And they'd play it a lot on car rides. So I think Joanie... That seems apt. It's so apt, of course. That seems apt for a person who's... She's a traveler.

She's a restless wanderer. And I think that also implanted something in me that, you know, I grew up in, I would say in some ways, in a kind of... cozy, somewhat cloistered environment. I mean, I grew up in New York City, but, you know, in a kind of strong Jewish community. I mean, there was a sense of, like, shtetl-likeness in my upbringing, I would say.

She's a restless wanderer. And I think that also implanted something in me that, you know, I grew up in, I would say in some ways, in a kind of... cozy, somewhat cloistered environment. I mean, I grew up in New York City, but, you know, in a kind of strong Jewish community. I mean, there was a sense of, like, shtetl-likeness in my upbringing, I would say.

And I think Joni did implant a seed of wandering and wandering. Because so many of her songs are about, I mean, on Blue Alone, she's in California and she's in Spain and she's in France.

And I think Joni did implant a seed of wandering and wandering. Because so many of her songs are about, I mean, on Blue Alone, she's in California and she's in Spain and she's in France.

I mean, I loved to sing. I still love to sing. And I really studied her singing and learned to sing from Blue. And I think just the leaping in the range, you know, the way that Joni can adventurously, boldly, almost insolently, like she can go from really low to just leaping up.

I mean, I loved to sing. I still love to sing. And I really studied her singing and learned to sing from Blue. And I think just the leaping in the range, you know, the way that Joni can adventurously, boldly, almost insolently, like she can go from really low to just leaping up.

I feel like there's a desire there. There's a hunger. There's a command. I wanted that vocally. And I think I wanted it, like, interpersonally or something.

I feel like there's a desire there. There's a hunger. There's a command. I wanted that vocally. And I think I wanted it, like, interpersonally or something.

I don't know. I think the ability to explore, the ability to, like, take command, the ability to be daring. I mean, I don't know if I've achieved these things, but I think this was, like, my fantasy. Especially Blue. But Court and Spark, too, shaped my ideas about... What love was, I always felt like love was a complex, laden thing, not a simple thing, because of Joni.

I don't know. I think the ability to explore, the ability to, like, take command, the ability to be daring. I mean, I don't know if I've achieved these things, but I think this was, like, my fantasy. Especially Blue. But Court and Spark, too, shaped my ideas about... What love was, I always felt like love was a complex, laden thing, not a simple thing, because of Joni.

What it was to be a writer, I think. You know, her songs are so writerly. So many of them are short stories in miniature, and you get a whole life in those songs. So I think that her words, I listen to them frequently. thousands of times. I mean, blue is just stamped on my consciousness. So I think I wanted to see what kind of woman I'd become by encountering Joanie.

What it was to be a writer, I think. You know, her songs are so writerly. So many of them are short stories in miniature, and you get a whole life in those songs. So I think that her words, I listen to them frequently. thousands of times. I mean, blue is just stamped on my consciousness. So I think I wanted to see what kind of woman I'd become by encountering Joanie.

So Night Ride Home.

So Night Ride Home.

Which I don't know as well. So I love.