13 quotes by Leonard Cohen

“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

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“To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's sweetest dreams of itself.” — Leonard Cohen

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“Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.” — Leonard Cohen

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“Music is the emotional life of most people.” — Leonard Cohen

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“We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.” — Leonard Cohen

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“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” — Leonard Cohen

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“In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.” — Leonard Cohen

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“I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others it's for others to use.” — Leonard Cohen

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“I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he's written poetry then let the verdict be that he's a poet.” — Leonard Cohen

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“Success is survival.” — Leonard Cohen

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“Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always reach for in a song.” — Leonard Cohen

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“And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.” — Leonard Cohen

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“I never really liked poetry readings I liked to read poetry by myself, but I liked singing, chanting my lyrics to this jazz group.” — Leonard Cohen

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