I agree with you about Joni Mitchell. I’m used to being one of the few who know and really like her work.
In fact, Joni would agree with you herself about Bob Dylan.
She was always fully aware of her abilities as a performer during her active years, and could be very blunt describing the ‘sub-par’ work of other people. In 2010, Joni had an interview, in which she called Bob a ‘plagiarist and a fake’.
“We are like night and day, he and I” she scoffed. “Bob is not authentic at all. His name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception.”
In my opinion, sometimes, Joni just gets cranky and jealous of other performers. Of course Bob Dylan ‘is a deception’, he is a performer, Joni, just like you used to be.
She is wealthy, but never hit it really big with mainstream work. People with far less talent, but greater overall appeal have hit it big and got rich. People like Dylan, People like Madonna.
You gave a nice summary there. One could also say: People like Dylan and people don’t like Mitchell.