Bruce Cockburn Quotes

I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life.

I went to Morocco, joined a band called Pegasus, ran out of money, went to Gibraltar and worked on the docks, writing songs about the sun and the morning and the birds.

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing.

If you play music for the right reasons, the rest of the things will come. The right reason to play music is that you love it. That's why I play music. I never imagined that I was going to be doing this, especially because I never thought of myself as an instrumentalist.

I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.

Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.

I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that I would appreciate as a music fan. That's how we conduct ourselves, be it in writing music or playing it live.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

I didn't care about anything expect rock & roll. So it's nice that it turned out to be something that you find a way to make a living from.

I think when it came to music, it did feel quite natural because it was something that I was so passionate about.

I realised music was my calling, and I am one of those who's strongly bound by an infectious enthusiasm and passion.

Everything has always been so organic for me; I have no idea what I would be doing if it wasn't for music. Music forever!

All I ever thought about was music and being a musician.

When I started making music, I was like, 'This is something I can believe I was meant to do.'

I don't really watch too many movies, but I try to watch inspirational pieces about other musicians. Musical documentaries truly inspire me.

I am following my dream. I've always loved music and believed in making music.

I live a life of creating, sharing music with wonderful musicians that I love like family, and spreading a message through music that life is yours to live wide open, and do it your way with love.

I always dreamed, when I started writing music, to find a way of immersing yourself in it.

I am getting to travel all over the world doing what I love and making a living out of it. That is a huge blessing to me.

I really hope to give to other people who are listening to my music the same thing that it's done for me, which is make me feel more free and more accepting of myself.

I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.

Music is one whole force. And I think the Proms have always represented very clearly that music is a universal language, one that everyone can speak. I've just followed my goosebumps in every direction and have found a recipe for what my music feels and sounds like.

Music had always been a kind of anchor for me. But I didn't write my first song till I was 35.