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> [ That was sheer luck that it \[being immersed into folk scene\] happened when my voice began to develop. I don't know exactly what would have happened if I hadn't been alive and well and really lively in the Cambridge scene.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/that-was-sheer-luck-that-it-being-immersed-into-folk-scene-happened/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

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> [I didn't study anything really. I didn't learn out of the books because I couldn't read music very well, so it is what they say it is - you learn from other people. And my cohorts and I would sneak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/i-didn-t-study-anything-really-i-didn-t-learn-out-of-the-books/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

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## More by Joan Baez

> [My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/my-life-is-a-crystal-teardrop-there-are-snowflakes-falling-in-the/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [Put tattoos all up and down our thighs, do anything our parents would despise. Take uppers, downers, blues, and reds and yellows, our brains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/put-tattoos-all-up-and-down-our-thighs-do-anything-our-parents-would/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [We're not really pacifists, we're nonviolent soldiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/we-re-not-really-pacifists-we-re-nonviolent-soldiers/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [If it came back I would be thrilled. I would be delighted to write more songs. I need them now because I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/if-it-came-back-i-would-be-thrilled-i-would-be-delighted-to-write/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [There's a consensus out that it's OK to kill when your government decides who to kill. If you kill inside the country you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/there-s-a-consensus-out-that-it-s-ok-to-kill-when-your-government/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/god-must-have-something-to-do-with-joy-and-with-sadness/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/people-say-i-m-such-a-pessimist-but-i-always-was-it-never-stopped-me/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [ It \[my vocal\] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself to an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/it-my-vocal-didn-t-sound-like-what-i-wanted-to-hear-the-vibrato-isn-t/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/i-see-a-young-man-playing-plaisir-d-amour-on-guitar-i-knew-i-didn-t/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/the-only-thing-that-s-been-a-worse-flop-than-the-organization-of/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/the-point-of-nonviolence-is-to-build-a-floor-a-strong-new-floor/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [To love means you also trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/to-love-means-you-also-trust/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/hypothetical-questions-get-hypothetical-answers/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [I'd hear a tune in my head and the words would come. And then, very suddenly it just stopped. It seemed too stilted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/i-d-hear-a-tune-in-my-head-and-the-words-would-come-and-then-very/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

> [ That was sheer luck that it \[being immersed into folk scene\] happened when my voice began to develop. I don't know exactly what would… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-baez/that-was-sheer-luck-that-it-being-immersed-into-folk-scene-happened/)

[Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-baez/)

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