Laura Marling interview which mentions Joni and Blue

"(Marling's) music has been compared to the most celebrated names in the field, particularly Joni Mitchell, whose album Blue was given to Marling by her parents as a 13th birthday present. “If Joni Mitchell didn’t exist, I wouldn’t exist,” she says."

https://www.ft.com/content/a63127c2-fe07-11e6-96f8-3700c5664d30