Nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and won nine, plus received a lifetime achievement award.

As a child, Joni had health issues, she acquired a serious case of polio.

Her english teacher inspired her to write and steer her towards music.

Joni Mitchell is an outstanding guitarist.

Joni Mitchell is only one of three Canadian songwriters to be given the Order of Canada.

Fearing that she couldn’t afford to raise a kid, she gave her daughter for adoption, inspiring Mitchell’s song, “Little Green.”

Joni has Morgellons disease and has also suffered a brain aneurysm

Her absence in Woodstock festival inspired her to write a song about it, which is one of her most popular songs .

She is known for her difficult musical compositions, alternative guitar tunings and uncommon chord changes.

She is a talented painter.

Mitchell was quite the poker player.