Bruce Cockburn quotes

There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one. (Bruce Cockburn)
I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight you got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world. View quote
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I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things. (Bruce Cockburn)
It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
These fragile bodies of touch and taste This vibrant skin, this hair like lace Spirits open to the thrust of grace Never a breath you can afford to waste, when you're Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time... View quote
Bruce Cockburn
Had another dream about the lions at the door They were not half as frightening as they were before But I'm thinking about eternity Some kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me Walls, windows, trees, waves coming through You be in me I'll be in you Together in eternity Some kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me Up among the firs where it smells so sweet Or down in the valley were the river used to be I got my mind on eternity Some kind'a ecstasy's got a hold on me, and I'm Wondering where the lions are and I'm Wondering where the lions are... View quote
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All the diamonds in this world That mean anything to me Are conjured up by wind and sunlight sparkling on the sea I ran aground in a harbor town Lost the taste for being free Thank God he sent some gull chased ship To carry me to sea... View quote
Bruce Cockburn
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by? View quote
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Last Night of the World. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.' View quote
Bruce Cockburn
The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living off of playing music, I would still be playing the music. But, of course, I wouldn't likely have had the opportunity to travel, and a lot of the places have inspired songs. View quote
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I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were. (Bruce Cockburn)
If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's it. View quote
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I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been. View quote
Bruce Cockburn
It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me. View quote
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Catching the light and falling into dark And the world fades out like an overheard remark... In the falling dark. View quote
Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn

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Photo: Janet Spinas Dancer, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Canadian Musician
Born: May 27, 1945
Quotes count: 26
Wikipedia: Bruce Cockburn

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