Editing Stephen Stills (section)

==Personal life==

=== Relationship with Judy Collins ===
Stills was involved with musician [[Judy Collins]] from 1968 to 1969. Their brief relationship inspired a lifetime of songs and material. During his Buffalo Springfield years, he wrote the songs "Bluebird", and "Questions"—equally about Collins and meeting Clapton at the [[Whisky a Go Go|Whisky a Go-Go]].<ref>Slater, Andrew (September 20, 2018). "Echo in the Canyon". Greenwich Entertainment.</ref> Stills was a guitarist and session musician for Collins. He appeared on her 1968 album [[Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Judy Collins album)|''Who Knows Where the Time Goes'']] and was credited as "Steven Stills".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1968 |title=Judy Collins – Who Knows Where The Time Goes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1785201-Judy-Collins-Who-Knows-Where-The-Time-Goes |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=Discogs}}</ref> It was during these sessions that Stills recorded his [[Demo (music)|demo]] album, ''[[Just Roll Tape]]'' on April 28, 1968 (finally released in 2007). The songs "Change Partners", "So Begins the Task", "Judy", "Helplessly Hoping" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" were originally recorded as demos, with only a stripped-back acoustic guitar and his wavering voice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uncut |date=2007-08-02 |title=Stephen Stills - Just Roll Tape: April 26th 1968 |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/stephen-stills-just-roll-tape-april-26th-1968-9412/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=UNCUT |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1969, Stills released the song "[[Suite: Judy Blue Eyes]]", written in an attempt to win back her love. {{CN|date=February 2025}} About their relationship, Collins has said, "My centre was in New York and his in LA. He hated New York and he hated therapy. And I was in both."<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=2017-09-21 |title=Judy Collins on Stephen Stills: 'I said, it's such a beautiful song, but it's not winning me back' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/21/judy-collins-on-stephen-stills-i-said-its-such-a-beautiful-song-but-its-not-winning-me-back |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In the early 1970s, heartbroken, Stills recorded "So Begins the Task", and "Bluebird Revisited"—an updated version of his Buffalo Springfield song. Stills and Collins communicated in bird metaphors, the imagery often appearing in their songs about each other.{{CN|date=February 2025}}

In 2017, Stills and Collins reunited and released an album together entitled ''Everybody Knows''.<ref name=":10" />

=== Other relationships ===
Stills dated actress and singer-songwriter [[Nancy Priddy]], who was the inspiration for the Buffalo Springfield song "Pretty Girl Why".<ref>Richie Unterberger, ''Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock'' ([[Hal Leonard Corporation]], 2003), {{ISBN|978-0879307431}}, pp. 120–121.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=aw6kSkR3eXgC&dq=nancy+priddy+%22leonard+cohen%22&pg=PA120 Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref><ref>John Einarson & [[Richie Furay]], ''For What It's Worth: The Story of Buffalo Springfield'' ([[Taylor Trade Publications]], 2004), {{ISBN|978-0815412816}}, p. 261. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vIdR--aAoAsC&dq=%22pretty+girl+why%22++nancy+priddy&pg=PA261 Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref> Stills also had a short-term relationship with [[Rita Coolidge]], as had Graham Nash, which apparently led to the initial breakup of [[Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young|CSNY]], in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musictoeat.com/2014/03/20/the-giraffe-of-unrequited-love/|title=Stephen Stills and The Giraffe of Unrequited Love|last=Rob|date=March 21, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

=== Marriages and family ===
During a Manassas tour in France, Stills met his first wife, French singer-songwriter [[Véronique Sanson]]. They were married on March 14, 1973. Their son [[Chris Stills]] was born in 1974. They divorced in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.fr/culture/musique/entre-veronique-sanson-et-stephen-stills-une-drole-de-vie-au-gout-amer-7773324103|title=Entre Véronique Sanson et Stephen Stills, une drôle de vie au goût amer|website=RTL.fr|date=July 21, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref> In 1988, he married American model Pamela Ann Jordan,<ref>{{cite web |title=PERSONALITIES |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/12/09/personalities/38b03731-8acd-47cf-826a-68ce7b5442cd/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> with whom he had a daughter, Eleanor.<ref>Dave Zimmer, ''Crosby Stills And Nash The Biography'' ([[Da Capo Press]], 2000), {{ISBN|9780306809743}}, pp. 265.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=6RiAAzx-6iYC&dq=%22pamela+ann+jordan%22+eleanor&pg=PA265] at [[Google Books]].</ref> His third wife is [[Kristen Stills|Kristen Hathaway]], whom he married on May 27, 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stills gets married during Florida tour |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/05/29/stills-gets-married-during-florida-tour/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref>

Stills' son Justin Stills was born in 1972 to Harriet Tunis. Justin was critically injured while snowboarding on [[Mt. Charleston]], just outside [[Las Vegas]], in 1997. An episode of Discovery Health's documentary series ''[[Trauma: Life in the ER]]'' featured his treatment and recovery.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zimmer|first=Dave|date=2008 |title=Crosby, Stills and Nash: The Biography |publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0786726110}}</ref> Another son, Henry, has been diagnosed with [[Asperger syndrome]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20100516140356/http://www.spectrumpublications.com/index.php/magazine/stephen_stills/ ''The Musician's Family Discusses Their Role in the Recent Miracle Project Movie, Theatre Therapy, and Their Son's Progress'']. Spectrum Publications, October/November 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2010.</ref> and is profiled in the 2007 documentary ''[[Autism: The Musical]]''. Stills' daughter Eleanor is a photographer and graduate of [[Art Center College of Design]] in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.artcenter.edu/gallery/detail/569d725c4d9b6f09583a151e/13311?ret=%2Facademics%2Fundergraduate-degrees%2Fphotography-and-imaging%2Fphotography-and-imaging-alumni.html%3F| website=Artcenter |access-date=10 October 2022| title=ArtCenter Gallery - one of those days, 2018 (Detail) by Eleanor Stills }}</ref> Since Eleanor's graduation, she has been responsible for all recent Crosby, Stills & Nash photography. Stills has another daughter, Alex, who attends [[Emerson College]] in [[Boston]] and currently plays in the rock band Stilljill.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stilljill |url=https://stilljill.bandcamp.com/ |website=Bandcamp |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> His son Chris and daughter [[Jen Stills|Jennifer]] are both recording artists. His youngest son, Oliver Ragland, was born in 2004 and named in honor of Neil Young, whose maternal family name is Ragland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2004/10/stephen_stills_.html |title=West Coast Music: Stephen Stills Becomes Papa |publisher=Noted.blogs.com |date=2004-10-31 |access-date=2014-08-23}}</ref>

=== Health ===
In 1976, Stills told ''Rolling Stone'', "My hearing has gotten to be a terrible problem. If I keep playing and touring the way I have been, I'll go deaf."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crowe |first1=Cameron |title=Quick End to a Long Run |url=https://www.theuncool.com/2014/09/17/archives-stills-young/ |access-date=15 January 2017 |website=The Uncool}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
Stills has long been involved in [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] causes and politics. In 2000, he served as a member of the Democratic Party credentials committee from Florida during the [[2000 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]], and was a delegate in previous years.<ref>[http://web1.evote.com/news_section/2000-08/08152000Dnc.asp]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926214534/http://web1.evote.com/news_section/2000-08/08152000Dnc.asp|date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> Stills performed with [[Billy Porter (entertainer)|Billy Porter]] during the 2020 Democratic National Convention.<ref>{{cite web |title=Democrats Announce Highlights from Opening Night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: Uniting America |url=https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/democrats-announce-highlights-from-opening-night-of-the-2020-democratic-national-convention-uniting-america/ |website=2020 Democratic National Convention |access-date=17 August 2020 |date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817234612/https://www.demconvention.com/press-releases/democrats-announce-highlights-from-opening-night-of-the-2020-democratic-national-convention-uniting-america/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In December 2018, Stills received an Honorary Doctorate in Music from the [[University of Florida, Gainesville]], where he was a speaker at the commencement ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brockway |first=Kevin |title=Stephen Stills named UF graduaton speaker |url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2018/09/27/stephen-stills-named-uf-graduaton-speaker/9768527007/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Gainesville Sun |language=en-US}}</ref>