Photo: #Singer Joan Baez performs at Che Tempo Che Fa Television Show held on October 11, 2008 in Milan, Italy.
Photo: #Joan makes art during her interview with Kerri.
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Singer Joan Baez performs at Che Tempo Che Fa Television Show held on October 11, 2008 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
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Grammy-winning singer Joan Baez became an icon for folk music and the peace movement during the Vietnam War. She talks about saving her voice, overcoming her stagefright and why she's not nostalgic for the 1960s. Her latest album is called "Day After Tomorrow."

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