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

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

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, Road, Motorcycle, You, Feel, Kind

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, Like, Act, Soon

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, Older, Show, Running, Get, Am

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, Waiting, Myself, Think, Feel, Skin

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, World, Work Hard, Value, People

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, Nation

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

Good, Looking, Thought, Good Looking

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

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, Compassion, Justice, Be True

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 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

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! Leonard Cohen

Me, Three, Said, Cruel, Only, Five

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing. Leonard Cohen

Rest, Trying, Look, Genuine, Want, Real

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

Me, People, Writing, Help, Problems, You

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly. Leonard Cohen

Myself, Small, Try, Always, Explore

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out. Leonard Cohen

Life, Mother, Money, Support, Relax, Own

I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words. Leonard Cohen

Words, Rhythm, First, Structure, Touched

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

Women, Man, Heart, Men, Woman, People

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

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

Love, Woman, Battle, Body, Watches, Her

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

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. Leonard Cohen

Time, Yourself, Thinking, You, Stop

I had a very messianic childhood. Leonard Cohen

Childhood, Very, Had

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