I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that’s all. You sang other people’s songs. That’s all there were.
Bruce Douglas Cockburn Quotes
If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's it.
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| Birth: | 27th May, 1945 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer |
About
Bruce Douglas Cockburn was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011, and his musical career spans over 40 years. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll. A review of Cockburn's lyrics reveals a passion for human rights, political issues and Christianity over his long musical career. In 2014, he released his memoirs, Rumours of Glory: A Memoir. In 1998, Cockburn received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. On March 5, 2001, during the 30th Annual Juno Awards ceremony, Cockburn was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Canadian Association of Broadcasters honoured Cockburn by inducting him into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. In 2007 he received three honorary doctorates, the fourth, fifth and sixth of his career. Cockburn received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. His most recent Honorary Doctorate was awarded by Laurentian University in 2014.
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