Bruce Cockburn Quotes
'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.
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I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.
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Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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'Die Antwoord' just has a nice ring to it.
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Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they say that they saw that movie ten times. There's something they like and identified in that movie, and I don't see it.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in my way... Don't you try to rain on my perfect day.' It pumped me up when I was feeling down or defeated, whether it was from the cool kids making me feel left out or feeling overwhelmed with homework and mean teachers.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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These are the days of lasers in the jungle, staccato signals of constant information.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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Bureaucracies tend to grow and to brag about their growth based on how many individuals they have and how much money they spend.
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I hate when I get pinned down to a genre. I have a sound, a lane I want to go down, but I never want to be stuck in my song choices.
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Maybe if I was a neon light I’d lead your car right back to my door. Oh, maybe if I was a jukebox needle dropping on a drinking song you’d want one more. If my name was Whiskey maybe right now you’d miss me.
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'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.
