Joan Baez quotes

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. (Joan Baez)
Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers. View quote
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The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. View quote
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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. View quote
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We both know what memories can bring / They bring diamonds and rust. View quote
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I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war. View quote
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All of us alive are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival? View quote
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Well you burst on the scene Already a legend The unwashed phenomenon The original vagabond You strayed into my arms And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea The Madonna was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell Would keep you unharmed. View quote
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Blessed are the persecuted And blessed are the pure in heart Blessed are the merciful And blessed are the ones who mourn. View quote
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True he was a vocal miracle But that's only secondary It's the soul of the monarch butterfly That I find a little bit scary. View quote
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Yes, your father and Bartolo They have fallen And yesterday they fought and fell But in the quest for joy and freedom And in the struggle of this life you'll find That there is love and sometimes more Yes, in the struggle you will find That you can love and be loved also Forgive me all who are my friends I am with you I beg of you, do not cry. (Joan Baez)
Here's to you, Nicola and Bart Rest forever here in our hearts The last and final moment is yours That agony is your triumph. View quote
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We're the children of the 80's, haven't we grown We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden. View quote
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Some of us may offer a surprise Recently have you looked in our eyes Maybe we're your conscience in disguise. View quote
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Rebellion, revolution don't need dollars They need this instead Imagination, suffering, light and love And care for every human being You never steal, you never kill You are a part of hope and life The revolution goes from man to man And heart to heart And I sense when I look at the stars That we are children of life Death is small. View quote
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Action is the antidote to despair. View quote
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If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? View quote
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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. View quote
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You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. View quote
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As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses. View quote
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The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence. (Joan Baez)
Perhaps he's just a vehicle To bear us to the hills of Truth That's Truth spelled with a great big T And peddled in the mystic's booth There are oh so many miracles That the western sky exposes Why go looking for lilacs When you're lying in a bed of roses? View quote
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If we survive this century it will only be because you and I refuse to become Nazis. View quote
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Bangladesh, Bangladesh When the sun sinks in the west Die a million people of the Bangladesh. View quote
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Against us is the law With its immensity of strength and power Against us is the law! Police know how to make a man A guilty or an innocent Against us is the power of police! The shameless lies that men have told Will ever more be paid in gold Against us is the power of the gold! Against us is racial hatred And the simple fact that we are poor My father dear, I am a prisoner Don't be ashamed to tell my crime The crime of love and brotherhood And only silence is shame. View quote
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