Everything that makes a society run is broken in Iraq. The only real structure is the people's own sense of themselves as Iraqis, which was very strong. They're a proud people, and they trace their historic roots way, way back. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Almost all the military personnel were wearing sunglasses. No Iraqis wear sunglasses. They really want to see your eyes. So immediately they can't trust the Americans. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
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… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
My models for graceful aging are guys like John Lee Hooker and Mississippi John Hurt, who never stopped working till they dropped, as I… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Music itself isn't enough to completely wear down my stash of anger. And I don't have all that much more to be angry about… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
A number of Iraqis told us they had welcomed the U.S. forces as liberators initially but in the intervening months, they had come to… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
The people who have impressed me most - and the closest I've come to having heroes - are the people who have devoted their… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Sometimes I catch myself doing something that I've already done. The more I've done, the more that's likely to happen. Then I just throw… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Anger is energy, and you've got to find a place to put it that works for you. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Wave the flag, wave the Bible, wave your sex or your business degree, whatever you want, just don't wave that thing at me. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
