“Joni Mitchell is the woman who taught your cold English wife how to feel…”

You only need to flashback to that iconic Emma Thompson scene in Love Actually to learn why Joni Mitchell is the voice of the heart’s highs, lows, aches and pains. You know the one: after realising her husband is having an affair, Thomspon’s character secretly wipes away tears as Mitchell coos, “I look at love from both sides now.”

It’s just one of Mitchell’s iconic love songs from her 50+ years as a singer/songwriter, along with records like A Case of You, Blue and Carey. This is a woman who has provided the soundtrack to many-a woman’s love life.

What is love? Joni Mitchell just answered the eternal question