Afghanistan Quote by 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…

— 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…

— Bruce Cockburn

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

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

— Bruce Cockburn

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anger is energy, and you've got to find a place to put it that works for you.

— Bruce Cockburn

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