Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard CohenWell it's true, ever since I stopped eating meat I feel a lot better among animals, I feel I can be much more honest when I pat a dog.
Leonard CohenI've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world.
Leonard CohenI 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