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.

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.