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Bruce Cockburn quotes: Got to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight

Got to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight

Bruce Cockburn quotes: 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.'

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 quotes: There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: 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

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 quotes: And I'm wondering where the lions are.

And I'm wondering where the lions are.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.

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 quotes: Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy.

Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate.

If you don't keep learning and growing, you're going to stagnate.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else.

Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.

Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.

Some people never see the light Till it shines thru bullet holes.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.

The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.

Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: '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.

'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 quotes: The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.

The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: When you know even for a momentThat it's your timeThen you can walk with the powerOf a thousand generations

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

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

Bruce Cockburn quotes: It's a phobia I have. I never assume I'm going to be able to write another album after I finish one.

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 quotes: The invitation for artists to compete to see who can be the most charitable is a wonderful thing.

The invitation for artists to compete to see who can be the most charitable is a wonderful thing.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all.

One day you're waiting for the sky to fall, The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.

The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Bruce Cockburn quotes: I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

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

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

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

Bruce Cockburn quotes: I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.

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