Judy Collins — American Musician born on May 01, 1939,

Judith Marjorie Collins is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records and for her social activism... (wikipedia)

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.
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.
Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable.