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 More Quotes by Bruce Cockburn More Quotes From Bruce Cockburn We all grow up with anger. It's part of the human condition. But what do you do with that? It seems obvious to me that you've got to use it for something, but you have to separate it from your ego. Bruce Cockburn growing-up ego use 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 eye military want Everybody loves to see justice done on somebody else. Bruce Cockburn I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light. Bruce Cockburn shadows wear me light 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. Bruce Cockburn i-am thought i-can long There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate. Bruce Cockburn more place size music 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.' Bruce Cockburn name girl song morning 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 looking feel good war '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. Bruce Cockburn short day experience home 'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s. Bruce Cockburn gifts short just song It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one. Bruce Cockburn finish going write never If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate. Bruce Cockburn keep going you learning We're confronted with great darkness as a species right now as spiritual creatures on this planet. I don't think it's hopeless, and I don't want 'You've Never Seen Everything' to make people feel hopeless. But I think we've got to call a spade a spade. Bruce Cockburn great you darkness people
