Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.More Joan Baez quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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 I'm a realist.More Joan Baez quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Joan Baez quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.More Joan Baez quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.More Joan Baez quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]