Skip to content

We are the warriors of the sun
The golden boys and the golden girls
For a better world

— Joan Baez Children of the 80's (1980)

Another quote →

More quotes by Joan Baez

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

Daybreak (1968)

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

Daybreak (1968)

When the sun sinks in the west
Die a million people of the Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, Bangladesh
When the sun sinks in the west
Die a million people of the Bangladesh

in the Song for Bangladesh (1971)

Blessed are the persecuted
And blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the merciful
And blessed are the ones who mourn

Sacco e Vanzetti (1971)

All Joan Baez quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Joan Baez (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.