Joan Baez quotes are thought-provoking, memorable and inspiring. From views on society and politics to thoughts on love and life, Joan Baez has a lot to say. In this list we present the 15 best Joan Baez quotes, in no particular order. Let yourself get inspired!
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Joan Baez quotes
If it’s natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?
— Joan Baez
The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.
— Joan Baez
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
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 and must be hunted for and found.
— Joan Baez
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
— Joan Baez
Action is the antidote to despair.
— Joan Baez
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.
— Joan Baez
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10 000 people. The hardest is with one.
— Joan Baez
As long as one keeps searching the answers come.
— Joan Baez
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.
— Joan Baez
I’ve never had a humble opinion in my life. If you’re going to have one why bother to be humble about it?
— Joan Baez
I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I’m not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.
— Joan Baez
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.
— Joan Baez
As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.
— Joan Baez
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.
— Joan Baez
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.
— Joan Baez
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