Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman - I guess I like a lot of '70s music. — Bret McKenzie Copy Share Image
Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, I guess I like a lot of 70's music. — Bret McKenzie Copy Share Image
I must have listened to at least 10 covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' - Jeff Buckley's cover is usually my go-to song. — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song. — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen. — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets… — Bailey Bristol Copy Share Image
I can cry myself to sleep because I'm not as great as Leonard Cohen, but who cares? Maybe you can't be as… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
When you listen to early Leonard Cohen records or Joni Mitchell records, you feel like a window is being opened into someone's… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
For someone like me, who has grown up with Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, it's hard not to invest… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave know best. Although I wear a lot of jeans, I've been told that Nick Cave doesn't own… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
When I started writing again, especially when I listened to French music and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I realized that these… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it… — Moby Copy Share Image
There really are two different schools of songwriting-American and Canadian. It's interesting. You guys have this history of guys like Paul Williams… — Fred Eaglesmith Copy Share Image
Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
“One theory I am working on: Big Data just confirms everything the late Leonard Cohen ever said. For example, Leonard Cohen once… — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Copy Share Image
I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
“16. Love will tear us apart (Joy Division) 15. Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers) 14. Sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel) 13.… — Michael Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Dylan and Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith, all dark, all romantic. When I say “romantic,” I mean a sensibility that sees everything,… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
“This is the tale of Magic Alex, the man who was everywhere: with Leonard Cohen in Hydra; in Crete with Joni Mitchell;… — Harry F. MacDonald Copy Share Image
I was 21, and I was like, "Man, am I really gonna start over and try this whole thing over again? Do… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“On the Saturday after the election, I turned on Saturday Night Live and watched Kate McKinnon open the show with her impression… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time. — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
People always talk about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, but I like his melodies. They are very defined and original. — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen. — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image
I love Tom [Waits] for the same reason I love Leonard Cohen, which is that they are both one-offs, templates; they both… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I've always played acoustically - it's how I learned. I grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Dylan and… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
Anyone born in the year 1950 who grew to fancy themselves as a soulful 18-year-old bought 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' upon its… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to,… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day. Leonard Cohen — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist. — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
My music isn't Leonard Cohen. But people are going to smile when it comes on. — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
When you fall ill, people send you CDs. Very often, in my experience, these are by Leonard Cohen — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I do own CDs by Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, but I don't think of them as being major influences… — James Arthur Copy Share Image
![“I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen was a fan. It struck a chord with various people that I didn't think it would.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/026/steven-knight-2205_blinders_i-ve-spent-three-hours-with-snoop-dogg-t_379922.jpg)
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