Leonard Cohen quotes - page 2

Here is your cross, Your nails and your hill; And here is your love, That lists where it will. (Leonard Cohen)
People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music. View quote
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Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five. View quote
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A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love. View quote
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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... View quote
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I remember when I moved in you And the holy dove she was moving too, And every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah. View quote
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But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags that time cannot decay, I'm junk but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet: Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. View quote
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And here you are hurried, And here you are gone; And here is the love, That it's all built upon. View quote
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May everyone live, And may everyone die. Hello, my love, And my love, Goodbye. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you're squeezed for information, / that's when you've got to play it dumb: / You just say you're out there waiting / for the miracle, for the miracle to come. (Leonard Cohen)
And sometimes when the night is slow The wretched and the meek We gather up our hearts and go A Thousand Kisses Deep. View quote
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If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you. View quote
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Everybody knows that you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you've been faithful Ah give or take a night or two Everybody knows you've been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet without your clothes And everybody knows. View quote
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And you kissed me shy as though I'd never been your lover. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'll try to say a little more: Love went on and on Until it reached an open door - Then Love Itself Love Itself was gone. View quote
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I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. View quote
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He knew that hair couldn't feel; he kissed her hair. View quote
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Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love. View quote
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I guess you go for nothing, if you really want to go that far. (Leonard Cohen)
If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day. View quote
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... i didn't fall in love of course it's never up to you but she was walking back and forth and i was passing through. View quote
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a kite is a victim you are sure of. you love it because it pulls. View quote
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I'm planning a catastrophe. View quote
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