Joan Baez Quotes and Sayings

Joan Chandos Báez (born 9 January 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter, known for her distinctive vocal style as well as her outspoken political views.

Joan Baez Quotes and Sayings

#1-2 Daybreak, 1968

1. The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

2. 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.

#3 Pop Chronicles, Show 19 – Blowin’ in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music

3. I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

#4 And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir, 2012, p. 322

4. All of us alive are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?

#5 Children of the 80’s, 1980

5. We’re the children of the 80’s, haven’t we grown. We’re tender as a lotus and we’re tougher than stone. And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden.