Joni Mitchell says her music upset male artists of the 1970s

Image source, Getty Images
By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent
Joni Mitchell said her music didn't get the recognition it deserved in the 1970s because of sexism in the music industry.
The musician, whose soul-searching, confessional songs have become touchstones of the singer-songwriter genre, said she "took a lot of criticism" at the 'era. the 79-year-old said in a rare interview with Sir Elton John.
"I think it upset the male singer-songwriters. They were like, 'Oh no. Do we have to bare our souls like this now? ?'"
She added, "I think it made people nervous."
"It took this generation, they seem to be able to deal with these emotions more easily than my generation," she told Sir Elton in an interview for his Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music.
This is one of the first full interviews of the singer from then that she recovered from a brain aneurysm in 2015, which temporarily prevented her from walking and talking.

Entertainment Nov 12, 2022 0 54 Add to Reading List

Joni Mitchell says her music upset male artists of the 1970s

By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent

Joni Mitchell said her music didn't get the recognition it deserved in the 1970s because of sexism in the music industry.

The musician, whose soul-searching, confessional songs have become touchstones of the singer-songwriter genre, said she "took a lot of criticism" at the 'era. the 79-year-old said in a rare interview with Sir Elton John.

"I think it upset the male singer-songwriters. They were like, 'Oh no. Do we have to bare our souls like this now? ?'"

She added, "I think it made people nervous."

"It took this generation, they seem to be able to deal with these emotions more easily than my generation," she told Sir Elton in an interview for his Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music.

This is one of the first full interviews of the singer from then that she recovered from a brain aneurysm in 2015, which temporarily prevented her from walking and talking.