I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.
Leonard CohenWomen stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always reach for in a song.
Leonard CohenCertainly 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