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
Judy Collins quotes about
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.
survival begin-again knows
Survival, I know, is to begin again.
forget-everything alzheimers funny-irish
Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges
suicide fighting criminals
We have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.
suicide needs helping
Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.
suicide recovery fighting
For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into society's method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.
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.
suicide people connections
I have friends who've tried suicide many times and haven't succeeded. I myself made an attempt, so I had a connection with that sort of group of people who have tried suicide at one time in their lives.
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
life-lesson book heart
My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy.