Leonard Cohen Quotes

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

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

Reconciled, Embrace, Whole

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

Music is the emotional life of most people. Leonard Cohen

Most, Emotional Life, Music

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

How, Crack, Light

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

Benefits, Comforting

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

Times, Thought, Were

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

Given, Constitution, Nation

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

Gang, Like, Kind

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

Battle, Love, Watches

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

My Life, Very, About

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

Sadness, Always, Regroup

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

Stop, About, Repose

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico García Lorca. Leonard Cohen

Heroes, Yeats, Two

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

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

Think, Rain, I Think

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

Through, Caused, Spent

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

Became, Touched, Words

I can make a couple of good sandwiches: tuna salad and chopped egg salad. And Greek bean soup. I was a cook for my old Zen master for many years. So there were two or three dishes that he liked, you know. Teriyaki salmon, a few things. Leonard Cohen

Couple, Tuna, Soup

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

Bad, Feet, Glass

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, Surer

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

Medals, Reveal, Like

I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion. Leonard Cohen

Handshake, Deep, Rebellion

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

Songs, More, Knew

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

World, Last, Superiority

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

Poetry, Burning, Evidence

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

Very, Dungeons, Yeah

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

Always, Mind, Very

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