Mitchell is more outspoken now than ever before, as we noted here:

Veteran singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, disgusted with the music business, has said her latest album will also be her last.

"These are my last two records," the influential Canadian songstress said of her forthcoming double album "Travelogue."

"I'm quitting after this because the business has made itself so repugnant to me," Mitchell, 59, was quoted as telling the December edition of W magazine in an interview.

Mitchell, whose eclectic career spans 35 years across the genres of folk, rock and jazz, has been hinting for weeks that she might end the recording career that made her one of the most respected and outspoken artists of her generation.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, published in October, Mitchell described the music business as a "cesspool," saying she would never take another deal in the record business, "which means I may not record again."

In the W magazine interview, she blasted the recording industry as "the most corrupt one of all. They try not to pay you whenever possible."

Venting her scorn on contemporary artists — including Madonna — Mitchell said of music industry executives;

"They're not looking for talent. They're looking for a look and a willingness to cooperate. And a woman my age, no matter how well preserved, no longer has the look. And I've never had a willingness to cooperate."

My prediction: she'll be back either on her own label or via the Internet or maybe even on a major. She's been making music for 50 years, she can't stop now.