Top 24 Quotes by Bruce Cockburn

About Bruce Cockburn

These are some quotes by Canadian author Bruce Cockburn Musician, who was born on May 27, 1945.

I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

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 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.

Bruce Cockburn

If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate.

If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate.

Bruce Cockburn

'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.

'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.

Bruce Cockburn

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

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.'

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.'

Bruce Cockburn

'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.

'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.

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.

It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish 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.

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.

Bruce Cockburn

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.

Bruce Cockburn

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