The exact moment Joan Baez knew she could sing: “The rest is history”Though a lot of dedication, time, patience and perseverance need to go into truly mastering a musical instrument, some people also benefit from a natural talent and gift, like Joan Baez. So, I went home, and I started wobbling my Adam’s apple up and down to get a vibrato. Once I had that, it’s this really frail little voice, but I thought, ‘I have a voice’. But, much like Fonda, Baez has always been just as concerned with what she’s saying as she has been with how she’s saying it. Both Jane Fonda and Joan Baez have taught us time and time again over the years that, no matter how good you are at using your voice for singing or for acting, it’s what you do and say with that voice that really matters the most.