Top 31 Quotes by Joan Baez

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.

My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.

I've never been an optimist.

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

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

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

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.

I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing.

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.