I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it’s not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it. Leonard Cohen Read Quote
Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! Leonard Cohen Read Quote
I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together. Leonard Cohen Read Quote
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 Read Quote
As I approach the end of my life, I have even less and less interest in examining what have got to be very superficial evaluations or opinions about the significance of one’s life or one’s work. I was never given to it when I was healthy, and I am less given to it now. Leonard Cohen Read Quote
One of the reasons I’m on tour is to meet people. I consider it a reconnaissance. You know, I consider myself like in a military operation. I don’t feel like a citizen. Leonard Cohen Read Quote
I’ve got beautiful reviews for all my books, and I’m very well thought of in the tiny circles that know me, but I’m really starving. Leonard Cohen Read Quote
