Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQis a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work has explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Cohen has been inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received a Princess of Asturias Awards for literature...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth21 September 1934
CityWestmount, Canada
CountryCanada
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.
How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?
If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!!
We are ugly but we have the music.
I have tried in my way to be free.
I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone.
How bitter were the Prozac pills of the last few hundred mornings
To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself.
We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.
You go your way I'll go your way too
Love is not a victory march
A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.