“I salute you Brave spirit Who has swallowed so much And tasted so little.” — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The Dream" "O I had such a wonderful dream, she said. I dreamed you made love to me. At last, he said… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I think that all the spiritual training is just to be able to allow you to experience this from a slightly different… — 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
I kind of limp along like so many of us do in these realms. Occasionally I've felt the grace of another presence… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
This particular school of Zen has always considered itself the Marines of the spiritual world, so it has a kind of bias… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn't begrudge them their interest, and there were… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Hallelujah" "Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
The psychologists are valiantly trying to provide us with answers, the religious people are trying to provide us with answers. I think… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Something I wrote quite a few years ago was, "The voices in my head, they don't care what I do, they just… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the… — 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