Judy Collins
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie Collins, affectionately known as "Judy Blue Eyes," is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she recordsand for her social activism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth1 May 1939
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
allowed songs
I don't know where my songs come from . . . If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.
american-musician concerts days goes road seventy
I'm always on tour, so that's something that goes on that's pretty constant. Seventy to 80 concerts a year. I'm on the road about 160 days a year.
alive call feelings joy
I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live. I call them part of the joy of living, and they are there for all of us.
american-musician bad days songs
If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful.
american-musician country early houses records sang success terms
I sang in the coffee houses of the country in the early '60s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I didn't even think of myself as a singer.
absolutely crazy culture desperate everywhere hip reflected search
This is a crazy culture. Absolutely nutty. You see it reflected everywhere you look, the desperate search -- who are we, what are we, can we ever make if in the hip world? On the scene, on the go, in the know.
american-musician designed korean louis mall memorial song walls wrote
I wrote a song called walls with my husband, Louis Nelson, who designed the new Korean Veteran's Memorial Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
weapons helpful used
Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons.
heartache suffering tragedy
It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.
song may blizzard
I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written
memories writing careers
I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important
communication thinking generations
I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation
speaks-out world way
I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way
song lines diaries
The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song.