And why would she talk about him “having her” several years ago, and about them being a “pretty pair”?
Apparently there is some special relationship between record producers and the artists. I guess his ‘leaving’ was going with Joni Mitchell as her producer, as someone else posted. And the ‘pretty pair’ was a good mix in the producer/artist relationship.
He was her producer. He had her under contract early in her career. Besides he was in the closet back then. Closet gays tend to be quite promiscuous with the “ladies”. No attachments because everyone knows they aren’t going to stick around and no one will question them hanging out with the guys since they are so busy bedding the females.