If you're lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you're lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this.
Leonard CohenLove is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.
Leonard CohenIt is different [to perform in Israel] because it arises from very deep wells of affiliation.
Leonard CohenMost of the time one is discouraged by the work, but now and again by some grace something stands out and invites you to work on it, to elaborate it or animate it in some way. It's a mysterious process.
Leonard Cohen