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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
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Joan Baez
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 9
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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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Put tattoos all up and down our thighs, do anything our parents would despise. Take uppers, downers, blues, and reds and yellows, our brains are turning into jello.
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All of us are survivors, but how many of us transcend survival?
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My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion.
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