Quotes by Joan Baez

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

“The only thing thats been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.”

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

“Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.”

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

“During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend. And there was the beauty of the songs.”

“We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.”

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

“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.”

“To sing is to love and affirm to fly and soar to coast into the hearts of the people who listen to tell them that life is to live that love is there that nothing is a promise but that beauty ...”

“Action is the antidote to despair.”

“The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10 000 people. The hardest is with one.”

“As long as one keeps searching the answers come.”

“I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one why bother to be humble about it?”

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

“To sing is to love and affirm to fly and soar to coast into the hearts of the people who listen to tell them that life is to live that love is there that nothing is a promise but that beauty exists...”

“Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete women should try to give their best qualities to men- bring them softness teach them how to cry.”

“As long as one keeps searching the answers come.”

“I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one why bother to be humble about it?”

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