Bruce Cockburn Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.”

“'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.”

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

“I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.”

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

“Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.”

“The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.”

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

“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.”

“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.”