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
May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.
You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece.
We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.
If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a mysterious condition. It’s much like the life of a Catholic nun. You’re married to a mystery.
even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.
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.
Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care
The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape.
Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.
I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.
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.
Follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind.
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.