Leonard Cohen Quotes

I know what is wrong and I know what is right,
and I’d die for the truth in my secret life.

I have tried in my way to be free.

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.

I greet you from the other side
Of sorrow and despair
With a love so vast and shattered
It will reach you everywhere

I finally broke into the prison
I found my place in the chain
Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows

I don’t really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I’d like to come back as my daughter’s dog.

I don’t have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don’t think mankind will be damaged if I don’t put out a new album or a new book.

I don’t consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin.

I didn’t want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

I did not know
until you
walked away
you had the perfect ass
Forgive me
for not falling in love
with your face or your conversation

I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

Every heart to love will come
But like a refugee.