Judy Collins

“Depression is a flaw in chemistry not character.”

“I find that I can't be rushed. If I'm rushed, I'm not good.”

“I don't think you can be a singer and not be political. I think it's impossible.”

“I don't think I'm a folk singer. I'm a singer who sings folk songs.”

“The songs that I sing are the stories of my life.”

“I think it's the artist's responsibility to be a witness and to be a storyteller. That's what I do. I tell stories.”

“I knew I was a singer with a voice that had to be heard.”

“I have always been a sucker for the beautiful and the dying.”

“I have a great deal of hope and a great deal of idealism.”

“I've always looked for the perfect song. And I think I've found a few.”

“Age is a state of mind. I'm 35 in my head.”

“I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.”

“I think that my career has been a series of lucky accidents.”

“The muse is not an outside influence. It's an inner voice.”

“I think that the arts are the only things that are going to save us.”