Joan Baez quotes

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.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

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 spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

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.

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

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.