Leonard Cohen Quotes

Canadian - Musician September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016

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

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

Light, Everything, Crack, How, Gets

This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can... reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.' Leonard Cohen

World, Moments, Embrace, Mean, Mess

I like life on the road. It's a lot easier than civilian life. You kind of feel like you're in a motorcycle gang. Leonard Cohen

Life, Motorcycle, Road, Feel, You, Kind

When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do. Leonard Cohen

Feet, You, Bad, Glass, Little, Things

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. - Leonard Cohen

Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act. Leonard Cohen

You, Way, Act, Like, Soon

We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons so it's very hard for me to place any high value on the work that I do to write a song. Yeah, I work hard but compared to what? Leonard Cohen

Work, Value, People, Me, Work Hard, Song

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

Music, Fun, Guitar, Play, Nobody, Now

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show. - Leonard Cohen

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show. Leonard Cohen

I Am, Show, Get, Older, Running, Am

A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. Leonard Cohen

Love, Woman, Battle, Watches, Body, Her

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

Life, Poetry, Evidence, Well, Just, Your

There were times that I thought I was good looking. Leonard Cohen

Good, Looking, Thought, Good Looking

At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It's a cliche, but it's underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable. Leonard Cohen

Challenges, You Can Do It, Chance, You

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

Dreams, People, Constitution, Land

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

Faith, Justice, Compassion, Be True

We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup. Leonard Cohen

Life, Joy, People, Sadness, Down, Always

This is the most challenging activity that humans get into, which is love. You know, where we have the sense that we can't live without love. That life has very little meaning without love. Leonard Cohen

Life, Love, Live, Meaning, You, Know

There are writers who are great visionaries, who can depict huge movements - things like that. They're the great writers. I'm just the other kind. Leonard Cohen

Great, Kind, Things, Just, Who, Like

I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us: you don't write the songs anyhow. So if you're lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you're lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this. Leonard Cohen

Think, You, Healthy, Lucky, Intentions

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

Yourself, Poetry, Writing, Thought, Kind

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin. Leonard Cohen

Rain, Myself, Waiting, Think, Someone

Success is survival. - Leonard Cohen

Success is survival. Leonard Cohen

Success, Survival, Success Is

Music is the emotional life of most people. - Leonard Cohen

Music is the emotional life of most people. Leonard Cohen

Life, Music, People, Emotional, Most

I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog. Leonard Cohen

Dog, Daughter, Process, Back, Understand

My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room. Leonard Cohen

Great, Mind, Environment, Always, Room

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

Always, Away, Number, Songs, Pages

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. Leonard Cohen

World, Sleeping, Last, Sense, Refuge

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