Quotessence
Home / Authors / Joan Baez
Joan Baez

Joan Baez Quotes

Singer

Filter quotes by topic

AllPeopleIfsSongNonviolenceThinkingPeaceKnowsWritingViolenceVoiceWorldLittlesTryingAnswersGivingHas BeensI CanMenNeedsProtest

Famous Joan Baez Quotes

“That was sheer luck that it [being immersed into folk scene] happened when my voice began to develop. I don't know exactly what would have happened if I hadn't been alive and well and really lively in the Cambridge scene. But (the folk scene) was, and I fell into it absolutely naturally in the little coffee shops, and pretty soon it was Newport and then it was an overwhelming response internationally, actually.”

IfsKnowsWellsLittlesVoiceAliveHappenedSceneLuckResponseFolksCoffeeShopsOverwhelmingSheerLivelyCambridgeCoffee Shop
Author:Joan Baez
Create image

“I think I would have had an easier time of it if I had had training much earlier. Because when I got to the training, it was in my late 30s and I already probably had every bad habit a singer could have. In fact, it still goes on. It's un-training those habits and retraining new ones - the breathing, the relaxation, the tongue, the lungs, the everything.”

IfsThinkingStillsFactsGoes OnHabitEasierLateTrainingTongueSingersBreathingRelaxationLungsBad HabitsEasier Times
Author:Joan Baez
Create image

“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.”

PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsPersonsDreamWould BeGuyImagineStreetsMovementKingsOfficeDecidedVoteElectionOrganizeGod KnowsGood Guy
Author:Joan Baez
Create image