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Nasty Man isn't a laughing matter, but you have to laugh anyway. The song, itself, becomes something of a laughing matter because we'd go crazy if we didn't keep laughing.

Joan Baez

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Joan Baez
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 9
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I have heard more than once, 'Shut up and sing!' and I get it now.
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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
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