I think what we like about music - and what we like about art in general....is that enterprise that stops our minds from spinning. Because we're always all over the place. A good song, a good lyric is a movie: it will just focus and calm and confer significance on this completely bewildering reality that all of us live in.
Leonard CohenHallelujah" "Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne, and she cut your hair. And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.
Leonard CohenIn My Secret Life" "I saw you this morning, you were moving so fast. Can't seem to loosen my grip On the past. And I miss you so much, there's no one in sight. And we're still making love In my secret life. I smile when I am angry, I cheat and I lie, I do what I have to do to get by, In my secret life.
Leonard CohenWe 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 CohenExcept for a couple of hours in the morning which I passed in the company of a sage I stayed in bed without food only a few mouthfuls of water โyou are a fine looking old manโ I said to myself in the mirror โand what is more you have the correct attitude You donโt care if it ends or if it goes on And as for the women and the music there will be plenty of that in Paradiseโ Then I went to the Mosque of Memory to express my gratitude
Leonard Cohen