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Quote by Joan Baez
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have no

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. – Joan Baez

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The only thing thats been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. – Joan Baez

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