“[Hydra] is a good place to work because there’s no reason to delay it to the next day: there is no phone or even electricity. There is a real civilization, by which I mean hospitality, kindness in the streets, and people blessing children.” Leonard Cohen (1976)

Allan Showalter

Do you think that your stay in Greece will affect your work habit?

 

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I’m doing a lot of work there. It’s a good place to work because there’s no reason to delay it to the next day: there is no phone or even electricity. There is a real civilization, by which I mean hospitality, kindness in the streets, and people blessing children. I live in a small village – I know people who believe I own an island and a great palace, but the truth is the perfect opposite.

 

 

Leonard Cohen

 

From ”En tunne vanhenevani lainkaan” – Leonard Cohen Soundissa 1976: The 2016 reprint of a June 1976 Leonard Cohen interview by Dougie Gordon. (Soundi: Nov 11, 2016). Via computer translation. Photo of Hydra by Marie-louise Guillard.

I am republishing selected posts from my former Leonard Cohen site, Cohencentric, here on AllanShowalter.com (these posts can be found at Leonard Cohen). This entry was originally posted Oct 26, 2018.

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