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Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism.

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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.

Down, Dream, Morning, Prose, Song

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.

Artist, Labels, Opportunity, Record, Young

Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.

Dream, Dreams, Heart, Longing, Name, Writing

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

Gone, Kill, Killing, Stronger, Tell, Things

When we sing, our hearts can lift and fly, over the troubled waters and over the years.

Fly, Heart, Sing, Water, Waters, Years

I sang in the coffee houses. . . in the early 60's with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I had this deep, bassy voice. But I had incredible passion for the music I was singing.

Bassy, Coffee, Early, Ideas, Passion, Singing

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 not.

Attention, Hear, Marketing, Occurring, People, Song

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

Alzheimer'S, Everything, Forget, Forget Everything, Funny Irish, Grudges

The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song.

Beginning, Diaries, Line, Lines, Opening, Song

I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation

Communication, Music, Part, Think, Thinking, Wonderful

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

Hypnosis, Making Time, Music, Tried, Way, Ways

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.

Inspirational, Luckiest, Motivational, People, Thinking, World

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop.

Alas, Fun, Sorry, Terribly, Writing

If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.

Depression, Exercise, Meditation, Tremendous, Years

. . . even the devil works for God.

Devil, God, Works

I had sold my soul for pleasure.

My Soul, Pleasure, Sold, Soul

When you have a belief, then you make your views known.

Belief, Known, Make, Views

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

Love, Loving What You Do, Way, World

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!

Glad, Healthy, Heard, Mean, Men, Today

Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the most difficult things that have happened to me.

Art, Difficult, Singing, Suffering

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