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 Im a girl. – Bruce Cockburn
I like to think that if it hadnt gone as well as it has, if I wasnt able to make a living off of playing music, I would still be playing the music. But, of course, I wouldnt likely have had the opportunity to travel, and a lot of the places have inspired songs. – Bruce Cockburn
Id always loved poetry and Id always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadnt thought of putting the two together until around that time. – Bruce Cockburn
The second half of the 60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. – Bruce Cockburn
I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realise thats what myths are for. Its for human beings to process their experience in extremis. – Michael Sheen