78-year-old Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, who is famous for anthems like ‘Woodstock’ and ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, spoke of the 2015 aneurysm to the gathered crowd in Washington DC.
Reflecting on the earliest major disease she’d suffered, she told the audience: “I always think that polio was a rehearsal for the rest of my life.
“I’ve had to come back several times from things and this last one was a real whopper.
“But, you know, I’m hobbling along but I’m doing all right!”
After being discovered unconscious at her LA home more than six years ago, the singer – who is also a keen painter – had been hospitalised and diagnosed with an aneurysm.
She later gave an interview to the Guardian last year in which she revealed the progress she’d made on the road to recovery.
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In a bid to regain her position in the public eye, Joni, who has not released a studio album since Shine in 2007, plans to be involved in a MusiCares tribute concert in January, which is run by the same company that hosts the annual Grammy Awards.
Previous award winners at the MusiCares event have included acts as diverse as Dolly Parton and Aerosmith.
She was also named MusiCare’s Person Of The Year for 2022.
Despite her struggles to walk, she still pushed ahead with her archival album last autumn, titled Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 1: The Early Years (1963-1967).