One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload
Leonard CohenWe used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.
Leonard CohenThis particular school of Zen has always considered itself the Marines of the spiritual world, so it has a kind of bias against conceptual thinking in favor of a very rigorous physical life.
Leonard Cohen