But her rise to music stardom was not an easy or particularly fast climb.
“My spine was twisted up like a train wreck.
I couldn’t walk.
I was paralyzed,” Mitchell said in a 1995 interview withStar.
She eventually recovered from the debilitating childhood illness, but the virus never went away fully.
Mitchell’s post-polio syndrome confined her to a wheelchair just like it did when she was a young girl.
““I have to guard my energy,” she said.
While this stoked her rebellious nature, it did little to boost her performance in other subjects.
Kelly Dale Anderson, named after the shade of Kelly green, was born on February 19, 1965.
As Mitchell alludes in her song “Little Green,” MacMath left her and her baby for California.
The marriage only lasted a couple of years, but Mitchell’s time with her daughter was even shorter.
“It’s an unparalleled emotional feeling.”
Reports stated that Mitchell was alert on the way to the hospital but could not speak.
A statement later published on her website read, “Joni is speaking, and she’s speaking well.
A full recovery is expected,” per theNew York Times.
Mitchell later recovered her ability to speak, but her mobility remained limited.
