Joan Baez Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I see a young man playing 'Plaisir d'Amour' on guitar. I knew I didn't want to go to college; I was already playing a ukulele, and after I saw that, I was hooked. All I wanted to do was play guitar and sing.”

“The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.”

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

“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've never been an optimist.”

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

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

“I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing.”

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

“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.”