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Leonard Cohen Quotes

Leonard Cohen quotes

Canadian Musician, Writer, Poet September 21, 1934

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Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen quote: "Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel..."
Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen quote: "Silence. And a deeper silence. When the crickets. Hesitate"
Silence. And a deeper silence. When the crickets. Hesitate Leonard Cohen
It's like a bear stumbling into a beehive or a honey cache: I'm stumbling right into it and getting stuck, and it's delicious and it's horrible and I'm in it and it's not very graceful and it's very awkward and it's very painful and yet there's something inevitable about it. Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen quote: "I don't even hate books anymore."
I don't even hate books anymore. Leonard Cohen
I never really liked poetry readings; I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group. Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen quote: "Who could have foretoldthe heart grows oldfrom touching others"
Who could have foretoldthe heart grows oldfrom touching others Leonard Cohen
I almost went to bed without remembering the four white violets I put in the button-hole of your green sweater and how i kissed you then and you kissed me shy as though I’d never been your lover Leonard Cohen
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen quote: "After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed,..."
After a while, if you are sufficiently bored or unemployed, you may want to read it from cover to cover. Leonard Cohen
The day wasn't exactly my ownsince I checkedand found it on a public calendar. Tripping over many pairs of legsas I walked down the park. I also learned my lustwas not so rare a masterpiece. Leonard Cohen
I walk through the old yellow sunlightto get to my kitchen tablethe poem about melying there with the booksin which I am listedamong the dead and future Dylans Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen quote: "lets sing another song, boys/ this one has grown old and..."
...lets sing another song, boys/ this one has grown old and bitter. Leonard Cohen
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
Leonard Cohen quote: "The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum..."
The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum when you're waiting for the miracle to come. Leonard Cohen

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