One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever. Leonard Cohen More Quotes by Leonard Cohen More Quotes From Leonard Cohen Most of our distractions are designed to invite us away from this recognition, which is a good idea. Leonard Cohen recognitiondistractionideas Certainly within any decadent period, you would probably find the purest expressions of conviction, and I do not see that in many of the people I know. Leonard Cohen convictionexpressionpeople Maybe the culture is [particularly] shabby now. Maybe it's because I'm over sixty, that I can feel that about everything. Leonard Cohen sixtyfeelsculture Suffering, violent suffering, seems to be something that corresponds with something that we experience. Leonard Cohen violentsufferingseems We actually lead very violent, passionate lives and I think that we're hungry for insights into this condition. That's why we get all that stuff on television. It's really where we are, really what we are. Leonard Cohen passionatetelevisionthinking My son and my daughter have both been an incredibly sustaining force, especially through this recent bad patch [of health]. So, I've been blessed and grateful for their company and for their assistance. Leonard Cohen gratefuldaughterblessed I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own. Leonard Cohen obscurespiritualtrying There's always a nice tune [on radio] - helps you get the dishes done . I like to get the news from time to time - not too often. I don't feel deprived. Leonard Cohen newsnicetunes As soon as anybody does one of my songs, I rejoice. This particular case of all these great singers doing my work - the implications are very rich and the temptation to think of the outcome of these masses of the mainstream injecting my work into the marketplace, it's a very sweet speculation. Leonard Cohen songsweetthinking There are a few things that deal with passion. There's Prozac. Leonard Cohen prozacdealspassion A community is an alibi for the failure of individual love. Leonard Cohen individualcommunity I've expressed my gratitude to my son many times. And his career is far from undistinguished, and it was a great privilege to have someone of this skill bringing this album to conclusion. Leonard Cohen gratitudeskillsson To have [Adam's Cohen] microscopic attention to my work was really a great privilege. Leonard Cohen adamprivilegeattention What [Prozac] does is completely annihilate the sexual drive, so the question of passion hardly arises. Leonard Cohen arisepassiondoe Part of the shabbiness of our culture, if indeed it is shabby, is that it doesn't seem to prepare people. With all the songs about love and all the movies and all the books, there doesn't seem to be any way that we can prepare the human heart for this experience. Leonard Cohen heartsongbook I noticed that when I was on Prozac my relationship with the landscape improved. I actually stopped thinking about myself for a minute or two, because most of the thoughts one has about oneself are involved with desire or loneliness or isolation or strategies to overcome them. Leonard Cohen lonelinesstwothinking I alwaysthought of myself as a competent, minor poet. I know who I'm up against. Leonard Cohen minorspoetknows Probably all cultures, certainly Western culture, always have been violent. Leonard Cohen western-cultureviolenthas-beens I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words. Leonard Cohen rhythmstructurefirsts It's like a bear stumbling into a beehive or a honey cache: I'm stumbling right into it and getting stuck, and it's delicious and it's horrible and I'm in it and it's not very graceful and it's very awkward and it's very painful and yet there's something inevitable about it. Leonard Cohen cacheawkwardhoney
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