144 Quotes by 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.

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

I was going to say thank you for inviting me but I already had my plane ticket.

If we dont sit down and shut up once in a while well lose our minds even earlier than we had expected. Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.

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.

I don't know to this day what he's all about. All I know is what he gave us.

free of any major label associations in the United States.

Whatever I'm sharing with somebody half my age I'm getting equally, at least, the same back from them, ... What Eliza does for me, with me on the stage, is kick it up a notch.

I think Cindy and the women have impeccable credentials -- no matter how hard people try to slander and assassinate their personalities, it is impeccable credentials. I think they simply can't be not listened to.