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Cameron Crowe says that Joni Mitchell remains his best interview for Rolling Stone

The writer and director profiled the singer-songwriter as a young journalist

Crowe is also developing a biopic of the musician alongside Mitchell

Cameron Crowe still has a friend in Joni Mitchell .

In an interview with PEOPLE about his new memoir The Uncool , the writer and filmmaker, 68, says that the singer-songwriter, 81, was a standout interview for him as a young journalist.

For years, Mitchell had been his “dream” interview subject, Crowe writes in his book. He finally had the opportunity to profile her in 1979, when she released her album Mingus , a collaboration with jazz legend Charles Mingus. Mitchell was willing to sit for one interview about the project.

Crowe, who w

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