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Joan Baez quotes: I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

Joan Baez quotes: Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

Joan Baez quotes: As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Joan Baez quotes: We need to have faith in the people who are giving this movement direction to be smart enough to stay one step ahead of what's coming up next.

We need to have faith in the people who are giving this movement direction to be smart enough to stay one step ahead of what's coming up next.

Joan Baez quotes: If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

Joan Baez quotes: God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness.

God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness.

Joan Baez quotes: Action is the antidote to despair.

Action is the antidote to despair.

Joan Baez quotes: As long as we keep searching, the answers come.

As long as we keep searching, the answers come.

Joan Baez quotes: The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

Joan Baez quotes: You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

Joan Baez quotes: If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

Joan Baez quotes: Living so fully, I can't imagine what any drug could do for me.

Living so fully, I can't imagine what any drug could do for me.

Joan Baez quotes: I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

Joan Baez quotes: The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.

The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.

Joan Baez quotes: I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

Joan Baez quotes: All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?

All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?

Joan Baez quotes: I was trying to disturb the war.

I was trying to disturb the war.

Joan Baez quotes: If you swing both ways, you really swing. I just figure you double your pleasure.

If you swing both ways, you really swing. I just figure you double your pleasure.

Joan Baez quotes: We both know what memories can bring / They bring diamonds and rust.

We both know what memories can bring / They bring diamonds and rust.

Joan Baez quotes: I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

Joan Baez quotes: You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

Joan Baez quotes: Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.

Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.

Joan Baez quotes: If you don't have music, you have silence. There is power in both.

If you don't have music, you have silence. There is power in both.

Joan Baez quotes: The search is in the doing.

The search is in the doing.

Joan Baez quotes: The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.

The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.

Joan Baez quotes: There is chaos. There's bloodshed. There's carnage.

There is chaos. There's bloodshed. There's carnage.

Joan Baez quotes: I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

Joan Baez quotes: Now I know I understand that it was Sgt. Pepper's Band, that put the sixties into song, where have all the heroes gone?

Now I know I understand that it was Sgt. Pepper's Band, that put the sixties into song, where have all the heroes gone?

Joan Baez quotes: People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

Joan Baez quotes: I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

Joan Baez quotes: As long as one keeps searching, the answers will come.

As long as one keeps searching, the answers will come.

Joan Baez quotes: We're not really pacifists, we're nonviolent soldiers.

We're not really pacifists, we're nonviolent soldiers.

Joan Baez quotes: My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?

My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?

Joan Baez quotes: Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

Joan Baez quotes: My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.

My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.

Joan Baez quotes: To love means you also trust.

To love means you also trust.

Joan Baez quotes: Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

Joan Baez quotes: I've been obsessed with stopping people from blowing each other's brains out since I was ten.

I've been obsessed with stopping people from blowing each other's brains out since I was ten.

Joan Baez quotes: Peace might sell, but who's buying?

Peace might sell, but who's buying?

Joan Baez quotes: I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.

I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.

Joan Baez quotes: Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

Joan Baez quotes: The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

Joan Baez quotes: The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

Joan Baez quotes: That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

Joan Baez quotes: If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up.

If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up.

Joan Baez quotes: I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

Joan Baez quotes: I've never been an optimist.

I've never been an optimist.