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There is chaos. There's bloodshed. There's carnage.
Joan Baez
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Joan Baez
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 9
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I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace I was trying to disturb the war.
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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.
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I was addicted to rhythm 'n' blues pretty much directly into folk music. I had my little 45s of mostly black artists. That was as close as I got. I've never listened to heavy rock or stuff that jangles my nerves, because I'm already jangled.
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I am so disconnected from the world of rock 'n' roll. I was always peripheral, partly because of the drug culture. I was not involved in that.
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Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.
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As long as we keep searching, the answers come.
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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.
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I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far right and the far left and a deeper sense of rage and sorrow over the suffering they continue to produce all over the world.
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The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.
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I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.
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There's a consensus out that it's OK to kill when your government decides who to kill. If you kill inside the country you get in trouble. If you kill outside the country, right time, right season, latest enemy, you get a medal.
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Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.
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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.
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If you swing both ways, you really swing. I just figure you double your pleasure.
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