I've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. — 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
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Yes, and thanks, for the trouble… — 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
I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is… — 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
Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I… — 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 said I was ready to die recently, and I think I was exaggerating.That declaration of readiness, no matter what the outcome,… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! — 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