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.

The album also featured Collins' composition "My Father" and one of the first covers of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire". She is an alumna of MacMurray College Jacksonville Illinois. Collins was also instrumental in bringing little-known musicians to a wider public.

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