Editing Stephen Stills (section)

=== 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" />