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, How, Crack, 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, Mess, Mean

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

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

Life, Poetry, Evidence, Your, Well, Just

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, Skin, Feel

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

Good, Looking, Thought, Good Looking

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, You, Feel, Kind

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

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, Running, Show, Older, Get, Am

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

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

If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. - Leonard Cohen

If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often. Leonard Cohen

Good, More, Go, Where, Songs, Knew

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

Writing, Yourself, Poetry, Thought, Kind

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, Financial

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

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

Life, Work, I Am, My Life, End, Healthy

My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke. It caused me to laugh bitterly through the 10,000 nights I spent alone. Leonard Cohen

Man, Alone, Me, Laugh, Reputation, Joke

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face. Leonard Cohen

I Am, Face, Young, Sitting, Now, Old

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. Leonard Cohen

Life, Man, Me, Young Man, Young, Way

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, Understand, Back

As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a Grammy Award. In fact, I was always touched by the modesty of their interest. Leonard Cohen

Award, Thought, Finish Line, Way, Finish

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

World, Sleeping, Last, Sense, Refuge

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

Dreams, Good, Truth, Truth Is, Done

I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life. Leonard Cohen

Life, Man, My Life, Reputation, Friends

Most of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites you to work on it, to elaborate it or animate it in some way. It's a mysterious process. Leonard Cohen

Work, Time, Grace, Process, You, Way

There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises. Leonard Cohen

Writing, People, Me, Problems, Help, You

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