
Collins is known for her piercing blue eyes. During a Jinterview for the National Public Radio program Just Roll Tape, Stills revealed that Collins was present in the studio when the demo tapes were recorded. Collins had advised Stills "not to stay all night." Stills later commented that "the breakup was imminent.we were both too large for one house." Stills said that he liked parts of this demo version of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" better than the released version.Ĭollins and Stills had met in 1967 and dated for two years. In 1969, she was appearing in the New York Shakespeare Festival musical production of Peer Gynt and had fallen in love with her co-star Stacy Keach, eventually leaving Stills for him. In a 2000 interview, Collins gave her impressions of when she first heard the song: Stills was devastated by the possible breakup and wrote the song as a response to his sadness. " came to where I was singing one night on the West Coast and brought his guitar to the hotel and he sang me "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," the whole song. And of course it has lines in it that referred to my therapy.


And so he wove that all together in this magnificent creation.
