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
I don't trust my inner feelings, inner feelings come and go.
My page was too white My ink was too thin The day wouldn't write What the night pencilled in.
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love..
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before us, I know we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but now it's come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love
Everytime you grab at love you will lose a snowflake of your memory
Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.
Ring the bells that still can ring.
We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.
My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Fernando Garcia Lorca.
And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.
I want history to jump on Canada's spine with sharp skates.
I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together.
Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty .