Bruce Cockburn
Birthday: 27 May 1945, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist. Since 1970 has released over 20 albums and receieved numerous Juno awards.
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations Show more
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.. There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one. Hide
[on his deficiency as a husband in his first marriage] I was like a chainsaw rendering of Rodin's 'T Show more
[on his deficiency as a husband in his first marriage] I was like a chainsaw rendering of Rodin's 'The Thinker', a frozen simulacrum of anger, avoidance and angst in the posture of a man taking a dump. Hide
[After entertaining troops in Afghanistan] I have great sympathy for, and to some extent sympathy wi Show more
[After entertaining troops in Afghanistan] I have great sympathy for, and to some extent sympathy with, those young Canadians that are over there in uniform, doing their best to get a very difficult thing done... [But]at the same time, it seems unlikely to me that they will get either the time or the support, or at least get the support, for a long enough time to finish the mission. Hide
I hope to write a good song and have people hear it. That's it. I don't think songs change the world Show more
I hope to write a good song and have people hear it. That's it. I don't think songs change the world. People change the world, and if people embrace a particular song as a kind of anthem, then that song becomes part of the process of change. Hide
Bruce Cockburn's FILMOGRAPHY
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