I like to think that if it ...

I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living off of playing music, I would still be playing the music. But, of course, I wouldn't likely have had the opportunity to travel, and a lot of the places have inspired songs.
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 Bruce Cockburn

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Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.
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 Bruce Cockburn
Once you tie anger and ego together then you're a monster, at least a latent one. So you have to be able to separate those things before you are going to be able to do anything useful with your anger.
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 Bruce Cockburn
I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.
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 Bruce Cockburn
Abu Ghraib, as bad as it was, can't be compared to what Saddam was doing to people.
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 Bruce Cockburn
I've been accused of being a little pedantic here and there, but I don't buy that criticism. I'm telling it like I see it. You don't have to buy it. You don't have to like it. You don't have to listen to it at all. I'm not trying to convince people of things, other than the fact that I'm trying to make as vivid as I can my own feelings and experiences.
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 Bruce Cockburn