June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “[Leonard Cohen] started discovering this very textured & very present part of his voice that I don’t think he was using earlier in his career. And people loved it.” Sharon Robinson On The 2008-2013 Tours
June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “Singing with Leonard Cohen was a big adventure” Jennifer Warnes + 2012 Performance Of Chelsea Hotel
June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “I don’t like to use words like ‘erotic’ or ‘spiritual’ to describe my songs — they tend to scare people away. What they are is just songs, and anything I could say to explain them really can’t help them.” Leonard Cohen
June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan If – You know precisely when his ring disappeared during concerts
June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen Q: Do you think you’ve made any enemies through the years? Leonard Cohen: “Probably not enough.”
June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “I need to write a lot to avoid the opinion, the belief or the slogan, and to come up with the freshness that determines the living quality of a piece of work.” Leonard Cohen
June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen You May Be A Leonard Cohen Fan If – You routinely employ, without explanation, “Video By Albert Noonan” as the gold standard for Leonard Cohen concert videos
June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Allan ShowalterLeonard Cohen “Mon, that Leonard Cohen – he be cool mon. He be the Bob Marley of Canada”