Science & Tech Quote by Judy Collins

Judy Collins praising “new communications” lands less like a tech slogan and more like a quiet act of self-revision. Coming from a singer associated with the folk revival and an era of vinyl, radio, and tightly gated media, the line isn’t naïve boosterism; it’s a decision to refuse the museum label. “Wonderful” and “delighted” are almost disarmingly plain words, which is exactly why they work: they sidestep the usual generational posture of suspicion toward new platforms and replace it with gratitude. That emotional register matters. Collins built a career on intimacy and confession, and the internet, for all its chaos, is an intimacy machine.

The subtext is also strategic. “To be a part of the Internet generation” is less about age than belonging. She’s claiming citizenship in a culture that often treats legacy artists as content to be sampled, archived, or nostalgically streamed. In a few words, she flips the script: the internet isn’t a threat to artistry or authenticity; it’s an extension of the long folk tradition of circulation, reinterpretation, and community, just at broadband speed.

Contextually, this reads as a performer watching the center of gravity shift from labels and critics to audiences and algorithms. Collins isn’t arguing for the internet’s moral purity; she’s opting into its distribution power and its chance at a second (or third) life. It’s an artist choosing presence over purity, connection over complaint.