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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We save paradise by an intense education program where you get people that you can trust to talk sanely about the environment and hope that the message will get through.
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My dad was very intelligent, had a very strong personality. I was amazed with my father.
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Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.
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Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.
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It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.
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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.
