Garden Quote by Leonard Cohen

““Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.””

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I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs].

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One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.

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“Blessed are you, embrace of the falling, foundation of the light, master of the human accident.”

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I continually blacken pages and scribble away, so I always have a number of songs that are half-finished.

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