Bruce Cockburn Quotations

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

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 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 remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

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.

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

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

I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm traveling toward light.

All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing.

Beautiful rocks - beautiful grass Beautiful soil where they both combine Beautiful river - covering sky Never thought of possession, but all this was mine.