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Leonard Cohen Quotes

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: canadian
Birth: September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016

Topics

Me Said Three Cruel English Five

Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind.

Love God Mind Harvard To Love Began

Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience.

Learning Opportunity Great Experience

I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

Jean-Marc Vallee

Beautiful History Respect Culture

A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy.

Joy People Little Whose Souls Tuned

You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent.

Money You Beast Important Washington

But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really.

Challenge Keep Going People Song Out

I just try to eat a little bit of everything - moderation is key with diet.

Key Diet Try Eat Everything Little

I truly feel like my job is to make the shows. That's what I'm paid to do. It's somebody else's job to market them, and it's somebody else's job to pay attention to the ratings, because if I paid attention to all that, my head would explode.

Job Feel Attention Pay Attention Pay

As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.

Song Voice Know Way More Ability

Television has changed. Some feels like good old-fashioned TV, and some of it feels more filmic and more natural and more nuanced. I don't think there's any clear line any longer between film and TV.

Good Think Television More Line

Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness.

Michael Polanyi

Acceptance Words Language Belief Use

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it.

Love World Better Bad Sex Mean

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