Bruce Cockburn

“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.”

“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.”

“One day you're waiting for the sky to fallThe next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all”

“It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.”

“All these years of thinking, ending up like this: In front of all this beauty, understanding nothing.”

“I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.”

“There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one.”