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Singer-songwriter

Leonard Cohen, a renowned Canadian singer-songwriter, is celebrated for his profound lyrics and distinctive voice. His musical career spanned over half a century, encompassing a variety of styles from folk to rock and jazz. Cohen's music and poetry have been beloved by fans worldwide, and he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

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Famous Leonard Cohen Quotes

“need to see I never saw your need for me your longing raw”

Love Desire Need

Book:Book of Longing

Source: Book of Longing

“A teacher I once had told me that the older you get, the lonelier you become and the deeper the love you need. Loneliness creates an appetite for deeper love, and the entire predicament deepens. And as a result of suffering, your capacity to love deeply increases.”

Love Wisdom Loneliness Zen

Author:Leonard Cohen

“the flags from the nation but your absence comes from a terrible sleep under a huge museum Enter the moth holes of my longing”

Love Loneliness

Book:The Flame

Source: The Flame

“Let him lie among the strings until there is no hope for his daily strategy, until he cries, I am yours, I am your creature.”

Love Poetry Worship Devotion Ownership

Book:Book of Mercy

Source: Book of Mercy

“What I loved in my old life--I haven’t forgotten--it lives in my spine.”

Love Spine Old Life

Author:Leonard Cohen

“I will starve till prophets find me, I will bleed till angels bind me, Still I sing till churches blind me, Still I love till cog-wheels wind me.”

Love Sing Starve Bleed

Book:The Spice-Box of Earth

Source: The Spice-Box of Earth

“I felt like if any two people had any kind of sexual affinity for each other they had to sleep with each other immediately, otherwise it was a terrible betrayal and waste...Fortunately, I'm relieved of those obsessions now. It's really wonderful. It's really wonderful not feeling you have to sleep with everybody.”

People Ifs Love Kind Two Feelings Felt Sleep Wonderful Terrible Waste Betrayal Obsession Relieved Affinity

Author:Leonard Cohen

“To the men and women who own men and women those of us meant to be lovers we will not pardon you for wasting our bodies and time”

Men Love Body He Man Lovers Men And Women Meant To Be Pardon Time Love

Author:Leonard Cohen

“I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see I’m 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.”

Love Hands Thousand Kissing Rain Standing True Love Heat Frozen Lilies I Loved You Second Hand Physique Snowman Sleet Standing In The Rain

Author:Leonard Cohen

“Fare thee well my nightingale, I lived but to be near you. Thow you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you.”

Love Wells Stills I Can Singing Thee Nightingales

Author:Leonard Cohen

“Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.”

Love Heart Children Made Use Shows Happens Secret Lovers Flesh Injury Scar Medal

Book:The Favourite Game

Source: The Favourite Game

“A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.”

Love Body Watches Battle Allies Unreliable

Book:The Favourite Game

Source: The Favourite Game

“I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before us, I know we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but now it's come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.”

Knows Way Love Trying Eye Cities Morning Hair Sorrow Kissing Distance Warm Storm Forests Like Me Golden Hey Goodbye Pillow Saying Goodbye Sleepy I Loved You

Author:Leonard Cohen

“I loved you for a long, long time I know this love is real It don't matter how it all went wrong That don't change the way I feel And I can't believe that time's Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of There ain't no cure for love”

Knows Way Love Feels Believe Long I Can Real Matter Love Is Long Time Wounds Heal Cures Don't Change I Loved You

Author:Leonard Cohen

About the Author

Born: September 21, 1934
Died: November 10, 2016
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 438

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Beautiful LosersRelated source material

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Stranger Music: Selected Poems and SongsRelated source material

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