…This is a period of relaxation for me, but there are still some weeds that need pulling. I kind of go with Thumper, you know, from Bambi. “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” That was my philosophy for a long time as a young person. However, I lost Thumper’s guidance as I grew older…He returns from time to time.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "…This is a period of relaxation for me, but there are still some weeds that need pulling. I kind of go with Thumper, you know, from Bambi. “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” That was my philosophy for a long time as a young person. However, I lost Thumper’s guidance as I grew older…He returns from time to time." in the context of "On whether she pulled out all the “weeds in your soul” during her youth in “Joni Mitchell: 'I'm a fool for love. I make the same mistake over and over'” in The Guardian (2020 Oct 27)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.