I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms. Leonard Cohen More Quotes by Leonard Cohen More Quotes From Leonard Cohen The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence. Leonard Cohen writing song long We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity. Leonard Cohen lovers You've got a deadline. Well, I do, too: death. Leonard Cohen wells deadline I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone. Leonard Cohen cigarette waiting remember Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together. Leonard Cohen together quiet As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill So my body leaves no scar On you and never will Leonard Cohen green-hills body dark Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder. Leonard Cohen eye time animal It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter. Leonard Cohen emphasis serious looks My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in places I used to play. And I’m crazy for love but I’m not coming on. I’m just paying my rent every day in the tower of song. Leonard Cohen crazy hair song When you've fallen on the highway / and you're lying in the rain, / and they ask you how you're doing / of course you'll say you can't complain. Leonard Cohen complaining rain lying A song, you know, you've got a tempo. You know,you've got something that is moving swiftly. You can't stop it, you know? Andit's designed to move swiftly from, you know, mouth to mouth, heart to heart,where a poem really speaks to something that has no time and that is - it's acompletely different perception. Leonard Cohen heart song moving [Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could translate one of my tunes into that really beautiful chamber music. Leonard Cohen skills beautiful thinking God is alive. Magic is afoot. God is alive. Magic is afoot. God is afoot. Magic is alive. Alive is afoot. Magic never died. God never sickened. Many poor men lied. Many sick men lied. Magic never weakened. Magic never hid. Magic always ruled. God is afoot. God was ruler though his funeral lengthened. Though his mourners thickened Magic never fled. Leonard Cohen funeral sick men I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had to have written one word that I didn't want to write, to be able to have satisfied that dictum I set for myself, which was not to work for pay, but to be paid for my work - just to be able to satisfy those standards that I set for myself has been an enormous privilege. Leonard Cohen luck want writing I feel that this is a vocabulary that I grew up with. This biblical landscape is very familiar to me, and it's natural that I use those landmarks as references. Once they were universal references and everybody understood and knew them and located them. That's no longer the case today, but it is still my landscape. Leonard Cohen landscape biblical vocabulary Seriousness is not Calvinistic, it's not a renunciation, it's the very opposite of that. Leonard Cohen renunciation seriousness opposites I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune. Leonard Cohen titles singers tunes Who could have foretold the heart grows old from touching others Leonard Cohen touching grows heart You have money, fame, youth, beauty, talent. That's a good start... for feeling good. Leonard Cohen youth feel-good feelings I think that any songwriter - and I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us - you don't write the songs anyhow. Leonard Cohen writing song thinking
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