3 December 2020 Judy Collins I had some wonderful dreaming meetings. I can’t tell you specifically what they’ve been in the recent months. In the past they’ve been verbal kinds of messages that he needed to give me. Now they’re more dreams of his presence.
3 December 2020 Judy Collins 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.
3 December 2020 Judy Collins 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 to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs.
3 December 2020 Judy Collins 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 lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.
3 December 2020 Judy Collins 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 the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart.