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. Bruce Cockburn More Quotes by Bruce Cockburn More Quotes From Bruce Cockburn Gotta kick at the darkness til it bleeds daylight. Bruce Cockburn kicks daylight darkness Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else. Bruce Cockburn politics done justice Beautiful rocks - beautiful grass Beautiful soil where they both combine Beautiful river - covering sky Never thought of possession, but all this was mine. Bruce Cockburn rocks sky beautiful Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy. Bruce Cockburn wake-up eye tragedy I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd. Bruce Cockburn remember-when remember ideas Water of life is gonna flow again/changed from the blood of heroes and knaves/Word mercy's gonna have a new meaning/ when we are judged by the children of our slaves. Bruce Cockburn hero children blood Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see. Bruce Cockburn peaceful males female 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 flags degrees sex Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about politics - in fact, heaven forbid. But politics is a totally legitimate area of focus for any art, whether it's painting or songwriting or anything else, as much as sex is, as much as spirituality is, as much as any other behavior of people is. Bruce Cockburn mean sex art A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. Bruce Cockburn war ideas thinking All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing. Bruce Cockburn understanding years thinking Like a stone on the surface of a still river Bruce Cockburn rip forever rivers There is no gap between art and politics. Bruce Cockburn gaps art Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you. Bruce Cockburn religious way religion 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. Bruce Cockburn follow-me shadow light I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were. Bruce Cockburn rock-and-roll rocks song My overall responsibility is to be truthful. If people pay money to come and see me, looking for something other than that, then they've made a mistake. Bruce Cockburn responsibility mistake people I watch the confusion of friends all numb with love moving like stray dogs to the anthem of night long conversations of pulsing rhythms and random voltage voices in spite of themselves graceful as these raindrops creeping spermlike across the car window. Bruce Cockburn dog friendship moving There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one. Bruce Cockburn different decision world Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world. Bruce Cockburn found war world
