Canadian - Musician | September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016
There's always a group of songs that I'm working at. Some of them are 10 years old, and some of them are just a few weeks old. I'm always trying to adjust these songs to some position where I can bring them to completion.
Leonard Cohen
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There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises.
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As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a Grammy Award. In fact, I was always touched by the modesty of their interest.
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The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it addresses the heart in the midst of all these activities, and it will always be useful in this very important way.
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I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.
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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.
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I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune.
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My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico García Lorca.
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Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always reach for in a song.
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Torah values are the ones that inform my life.
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I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it.
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The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.
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