Judy Collins Quotes

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• Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or…
• Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.
• Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere.
• I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from…
• Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.
• 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…
• Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or…
• Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The…
• I sang in the coffee houses . . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I…
• I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my…
• I am just glad that I can take the music to the people who want to hear it. I love my audiences. I am deeply…
• I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend…
• I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was…
• 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…
• I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.
• 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.…
• I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live
• The powerful men in my life have always believed in me: my husband, my son
• I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation
• I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written

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