People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.
Joan BaezYou don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
Joan BaezOnly you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.
Joan BaezMy father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.
Joan BaezSometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A full blown storm where everything changes. The sky goes through four days in an hour, the trees wail, little animals skitter in the mud and everything gets dark and goes completely wild. But it is really God - playing music in his favourite cathedral in heaven - shattering stained glass - playing a gigantic organ - thundering on the keys - perfect harmony - perfect joy.
Joan Baez