Judy Collins

About

Sweet-voiced folk singer of "Both Sides Now." She has won Grammy Awards, as well as being awarded a Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from Pratt Institute.

Before Fame

At age thirteen, she performed Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos. She was inspired to pursue a career in music after hearing the music of Bob Seger and Woodie Guthrie.

Trivia

She is known for her social activism, including her sympathetic attitude towards the Yippie movement.

Family Life

She married Peter Taylor in 1958; after their divorce in 1965, she remarried Louis Nelson on April 16, 1996. She and Taylor had a son together named Clark.

Associated With

She has covered songs by Bob Dylan.