Joan Baez Quotes

Against us is the law With its immensity of strength and power Against us is the law! Police know how to make a man A guilty or an innocent Against us is the power of police! The shameless lies that men have told Will ever more be paid in gold Against us is the power of the gold! Against us is racial hatred And the simple fact that we are poor My father dear, I am a prisoner Don't be ashamed to tell my crime The crime of love and brotherhood And only silence is shame

Well you burst on the scene Already a legend The unwashed phenomenon The original vagabond You strayed into my arms And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea The Madonna was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell Would keep you unharmed

(If you could speak to your younger self, what would you tell her?) Take it easy. Take a break. Relax a little.

I tend more towards Buddhist and Native American thought. For me, the spirits are quite real.

With the precision of a hummingbird's heart Was the lord of the monarch butterflies One-time ruler of the world of art

one day I told Ira that I did not want to remain an ignoramus forever and asked if he would consider tutoring me more formally. Ira claims that I suggested the next idea, and I think that he did, but the discussion evolved into a proposition that we form a school called the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence.

Seeing that nothing could come of our presence in Vietnam except disaster, I had a quiet revelation and decided to refuse to pay my military taxes.

Some of us may offer a surprise Recently have you looked in our eyes Maybe we're your conscience in disguise

We are the warriors of the sun The golden boys and the golden girls For a better world

My art, work, family and friends, my son Gabe, and a curious relationship with God remain the sustaining forces in my life.

We are left in the dust right now and I don’t know if disappointed is the word. I’d say “overwhelmed” because nobody back in the 1960s or 1970s could have imagined anything this fuckin’ awful.

If we survive this century it will only be because you and I refuse to become Nazis.

Blessed are the persecuted And blessed are the pure in heart Blessed are the merciful And blessed are the ones who mourn

I’ve never taken much time to do nothing, which I think is pretty important, especially at my age, and sort of contemplating what is coming. In this culture, we spend most of our time trying to avoid it. I would like to have more of a Buddhist approach.

I learned to love the Japanese bow, and I use it to this day in concert to thank people for having come to hear me.