I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Except for a couple of hours in the morning which I passed in the company of a sage I stayed in bed… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The dreamers ride against the men of action. Oh see the men of action falling back. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
History is a needle for putting men asleep anointed with the poison Of all they want to keep. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
He hated the men floating in sleep in the big stone houses. Because their lives were ordered and their rooms tidy. Because… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask. If you want a different kind of love I'll wear a mask.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
They ended every speech with the word hiro, which means: like I said. Thus each man took responsibility for intruding into the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
To the men and women who own men and women those of us meant to be lovers we will not pardon you… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
At the very center of our culture is a crucified man, a tortured man hanging on a cross of wood. You have… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
God is alive. Magic is afoot. God is alive. Magic is afoot. God is afoot. Magic is alive. Alive is afoot. Magic… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers who said they were through with dealing Every time you gave them… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. That's the great… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul... — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Don't matter if you're rich and strong Don't matter if you're weak Don't matter if you write a song The nightingales repeat Don't matter… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“You don't know me from the wind you never will, you never did I'm the little jew who wrote the Bible. I've seen the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“This is it I’m not coming after you I’m going to lie down for half an hour This is it I’m not going down… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs]. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it addresses the… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Blessed are you, embrace of the falling, foundation of the light, master of the human accident.” — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
