“There's someone for me somewhere And I still miss someone” 53 years ago today, Joni was a guest on the premiere episode of the Johnny Cash Show on ABC at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This episode also featured Bob Dylan. | Joni Mitchell

“I was not happy with mass public attention and I withdrew. I built a stone cottage up on the northern coast of British Columbia. There I planned to spend the rest of my life as a hermit. My soul was recovering, repairing itself. One day I dove off the rocks into the water and I came up. It was like a black mirror, the trees were reflected in it. As I burst the surface I broke into laughter I so happy. And I had seen mink and animals you know sliding off mud banks and playing with their own joy