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

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, Gang

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, Me, People, Value, Song, World

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

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

Good, Thought, Looking, Good Looking

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

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, Go, More, Songs, Where, Came

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, Mess, Embrace, Things

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

Life, Poetry, Your, Evidence, Just, Well

The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it addresses the heart in the midst of all these activities, and it will always be useful in this very important way. Leonard Cohen

Heart, Music, Environment, Important

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

Myself, People, You, Feel, Meet, Know

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. Leonard Cohen

Children, Secrets, Medals, Scars, Lovers

I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. Leonard Cohen

Life, Depression, Speak, Anxiety, Your

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, Sitting, Young, Now, Your

I always felt I was scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to get a song together. Leonard Cohen

Together, Song, Trying, Always, Get

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song. Leonard Cohen

Work, Money, Song, Never, Fame, Young

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

You, Bad, Feet, Glass, Little, Your

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

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

You, Chance, Challenges, You Can Do It

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, True, Will

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

Myself, Waiting, Rain, Think, Feel, Skin

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, You, Meaning, Know

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, Nation, Constitution

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

Always, Songs, Away, Number, Scribble

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, Guitar, Fun, Nobody, Play, Now

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