Joan Baez Quotes
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.
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Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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There's such an adrenaline rush for me on stage and having all these people look at you. There's an adrenaline rush from not having things written down, too.
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In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels.
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I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.
