As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line.
Leonard CohenI loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see Iām just another snowman standing in the rain and sleet who loved you with his frozen love, his second hand physique, with all he is and all he was a thousand kisses deep.
Leonard CohenI'm neither left or right. I'm just staying home tonight, getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
Leonard Cohen