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Leonard Cohen Quotes

Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew threechords when I knew five Picture Quote #1

People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music Picture Quote #1

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, everybody rolls with their fingers crossed, everybody knows that the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost Picture Quote #1

If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you Picture Quote #1

So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed, It would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed, It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star, I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far Picture Quote #1

What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere Picture Quote #1

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Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession Picture Quote #1

I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms Picture Quote #1

The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul Picture Quote #1

When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do Picture Quote #1

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup Picture Quote #1

Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity Picture Quote #1

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I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse Picture Quote #1

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly Picture Quote #1

I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! Picture Quote #1

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As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line Picture Quote #1

Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites you to work on it, to elaborate it or animate it in some way. It's a mysterious process Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the songs Picture Quote #1

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing Picture Quote #1

I would like to remind the management that the drinks are watered and the hat-check girl has syphilis and the band is composed of former ss monsters However since it is new year's eve and I have lip cancer I will place my paper hat on my concussion and dance Picture Quote #1

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It's a pity if someone… has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies the deepest, most obscure, freshest, rawest oyster of reality in the unfathomable refrigerator of the heart's ocean, but I am such a one, and there you have it Picture Quote #1

In streams of light I clearly saw the dust you seldom see, out of which the nameless makes a name for one like me... All busy in the sunlight the flecks did float and dance, and I was tumbled up with them in formless circumstance Picture Quote #1

I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone Picture Quote #1

Your servant here, he has been told to say it clear, to say it cold: it's over, it ain't going any further and now the wheels of heaven stop you feel the devil's riding crop get ready for the future: it is murder Picture Quote #1

A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it's time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I'm wanted at the traffic-jam. They're saving me a seat Picture Quote #1

My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in places I used to play. And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on. I'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of song Picture Quote #1

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Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew threechords when I knew five (Leonard Cohen Quotes) People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Everybody knows that the dice are loaded, everybody rolls with their fingers crossed, everybody knows that the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost (Leonard Cohen Quotes) If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you (Leonard Cohen Quotes) So the great affair is over but whoever would have guessed, It would leave us all so vacant and so deeply unimpressed, It's like our visit to the moon or to that other star, I guess you go for nothing if you really want to go that far (Leonard Cohen Quotes) What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession (Leonard Cohen Quotes) I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms (Leonard Cohen Quotes) The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul (Leonard Cohen Quotes) When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do (Leonard Cohen Quotes) We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity (Leonard Cohen Quotes) I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse (Leonard Cohen Quotes) I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly (Leonard Cohen Quotes) I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life (Leonard Cohen Quotes) 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 (Leonard Cohen Quotes) 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 (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! (Leonard Cohen Quotes) As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites you to work on it, to elaborate it or animate it in some way. It's a mysterious process (Leonard Cohen Quotes) 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 (Leonard Cohen Quotes) My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the songs (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing (Leonard Cohen Quotes) I would like to remind the management that the drinks are watered and the hat-check girl has syphilis and the band is composed of former ss monsters However since it is new year's eve and I have lip cancer I will place my paper hat on my concussion and dance (Leonard Cohen Quotes) It's a pity if someone… has to console himself for the wreck of his days with the notion that somehow his voice, his work embodies the deepest, most obscure, freshest, rawest oyster of reality in the unfathomable refrigerator of the heart's ocean, but I am such a one, and there you have it (Leonard Cohen Quotes) In streams of light I clearly saw the dust you seldom see, out of which the nameless makes a name for one like me... All busy in the sunlight the flecks did float and dance, and I was tumbled up with them in formless circumstance (Leonard Cohen Quotes) I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone (Leonard Cohen Quotes) Your servant here, he has been told to say it clear, to say it cold: it's over, it ain't going any further and now the wheels of heaven stop you feel the devil's riding crop get ready for the future: it is murder (Leonard Cohen Quotes) A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it's time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I'm wanted at the traffic-jam. They're saving me a seat (Leonard Cohen Quotes) My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in places I used to play. And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on. I'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of song (Leonard Cohen Quotes)

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