I'd hear a tune in my head and the words would come. And then, very suddenly it just stopped. It seemed too… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
"Diamonds & Rust" started off as another song. Then the words started to morph. When you write a song that deep, the… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Put tattoos all up and down our thighs, do anything our parents would despise. Take uppers, downers, blues, and reds and yellows, our brains… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
If it came back I would be thrilled. I would be delighted to write more songs. I need them now because I want to… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
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… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
![“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 ear, nose and throat guy who does a lot of work with singers, and I was hoping there was a big wart on my vocal cords or something and they could scrape it off and I could have the…” quote by Joan Baez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b7b/joan-baez-5389_bigs_it-my-vocal-didn-t-sound-like-what-i-wan_320136.jpg)
