Judy Collins Quotes

Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere.

I am glad so many women singers are being heard in music today. It is healthy for music . . . healthy because it means a lot of men are listening!

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 touch. They’re not material, but they’re vitally important to us.

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.

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 mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive.

The rise of the Internet has caused the demise of the record labels, and has destroyed the music business of old, but it’s also created new opportunities for young artists.

I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.

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.

Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

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.

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.