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Roshi [his Zen Buddhist teacher] said something nice to me one time. He said that the older you get, the lonelier you become, and the deeper the love you need. Which means that this hero that you’re trying to maintain as the central figure in the drama of your life—this hero is not enjoying the life of a hero. You’re exerting a tremendous maintenance to keep this heroic stance available to you, and the hero is suffering defeat after defeat. And they’re not heroic defeats; they’re ignoble defeats. Finally, one day you say, ‘Let him die—I can’t invest any more in this heroic position.’ From there, you just live your life as if it’s real—as if you have to make decisions even though you have absolutely no guarantee of any of the consequences of your decisions.
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Leonard Cohen, Spin interview (2002) (Source: pitchfork.com) |
Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire. (Backstage with his band. 1972.)
Just the best version. Quiet and warbly, spontaneous and oh so good.
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New album from Mr. Cohen… always a treat! Being streamed in its entirety. Listen while you can! He writes and sings like no one else.
Track listing
- “Going Home”
- “Amen”
- “Show Me the Place” (Cohen, Patrick Leonard)
- “Darkness”
- “Anyhow”
- “Crazy to Love You”
- “Come Healing”
- “Banjo”
- “Lullaby”
- “Different Sides”
it won’t last forever folks… if you missed it the first time i posted it!
New album from Mr. Cohen… always a treat! Being streamed in its entirety. Listen while you can! He writes and sings like no one else.
Track listing
- “Going Home”
- “Amen”
- “Show Me the Place” (Cohen, Patrick Leonard)
- “Darkness”
- “Anyhow”
- “Crazy to Love You”
- “Come Healing”
- “Banjo”
- “Lullaby”
- “Different Sides”
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Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place
I want to rub his voice all over my body. Is that gross because he’s 77? Meh, I don’t care.Also, can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of this album
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Artist: Leonard Cohen
Track: Everybody Knows
Album: I’m Your Man
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Take the word butterfly. To use this word it is not necessary to make the voice weigh less than an ounce or equip it with small dusty wings. It is not necessary to invent a sunny day or a field of daffodils. It is not necessary to be in love, or to be in love with butterflies. The word butterfly is not a real butterfly.
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How To Speak Poetry - Leonard Cohen (via clementinesmonsters) Leonard Cohen, he’s your man. (via libraryland) |
Biggest Influence on My Music – The jukebox. I lived beside jukeboxes all through the fifties. … I never knew who was singing. I never followed things that way. I still don’t. I wasn’t a student of music; I was a student of the restaurant I was in — and the waitresses. The music was a part of it. I knew what number the song was. - Leonard Cohen (Yakety Yak by Scott Cohen, 1994) Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox: In interviews through the years, Leonard Cohen has mentioned a handful of specific songs he favors.HECK OF A GUY LEONARD COHEN’S JUKEBOX POSTS:
(Robert) Redford likes to quote the songwriter Leonard Cohen, who said in an interview that “seriousness is deeply agreeable to the human spirit.
Leonard Cohen - By The Rivers Dark (HQ) (by KikeRio)
Happy Belated 77th Birthday Mr. Cohen 9/21
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Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
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