Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence. Joan Baez More Quotes by Joan Baez More Quotes From Joan Baez The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. Joan Baez nonviolencestrong As long as we keep searching, the answers come. Joan Baez answersadventurelong You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. Joan Baez despairadversitywhite If you're gonna sing meaningful songs, you have to be committed to living a life that backs that up. Joan Baez musicsongmeaningful The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, A and H bombs, the works. Give man a decent place to stand. Joan Baez strongmenpeace God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness. Joan Baez sadnessgodjoy Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A full blown storm where everything changes. The sky goes through four days in an hour, the trees wail, little animals skitter in the mud and everything gets dark and goes completely wild. But it is really God - playing music in his favourite cathedral in heaven - shattering stained glass - playing a gigantic organ - thundering on the keys - perfect harmony - perfect joy. Joan Baez keysdarkanimal I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs. Joan Baez follow-throughbeliefthinking 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. Joan Baez qualityintelligentpractice That's all nonviolence is - organized love. Joan Baez nonviolent-communicationhumanitypeace I've been obsessed with stopping people from blowing each other's brains out since I was ten. Joan Baez stoppingbrainpeople 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 voice I wanted. But he said, "No, for 71, that's your voice." Joan Baez voiceguysound Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit. Joan Baez riskpeopleway It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page. Joan Baez musicmemorablesong I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful. Joan Baez answerskidsthinking My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion. Joan Baez littleslifefall All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival? Joan Baez survivorsurvival I never pretended to be rock star. I would make a lousy rock star. I don't have the right voice for it. I don't have the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" spirit. But the greatest flattery in the last couple of years is being called a "badass" by young singers. Joan Baez badassdrugcouple Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A fullblown storm where everything changes. Joan Baez stormthings-changenature There's very little I can sing now. When I asked my first voice teacher, who was the best one, "When will I know when to stop singing?" he said, "Your voice will tell you." And it is very, very difficult to sing now. Joan Baez difficultsingingteacher
