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A Medical Note On The Death Of Leonard Cohen

Neil Ellis Photos: Alley Spring Mill, Jacks Fork River

In My Mother’s House Are Many Tchotchkes

Julie’s Story: 1. This Is How A Love Story Began

Last Exit From Michael Reese – The Final Days Of A Great Chicago Hospital

“Any phrase that includes ‘butterfly’ or ‘unicorn'” – 15 Mistakes To Avoid When Choosing A BDSM Safe Word

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Q: Do you prefer to be recognized for your books, your music, or your poetry? Leonard Cohen: “I’m happy to be recognized at all”

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Leonard Cohen’s tentative definition of Black Romantic: “A romantic who can tell a joke about it”

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Video: Complete 2012 PEN Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award Ceremony: Leonard Cohen & Chuck Berry

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Evocative Photos: 2013 Leonard Cohen Oakland Concert

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“My strength is that I have no ideas” Leonard Cohen

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“The kind of thing I like is that you write a song, and it slips into the world, and they forget who wrote it” Leonard Cohen

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2012 PEN Awards: Shawn Colvin & Salman Rushdie Smooched By Leonard Cohen

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“I find that my work, on a personal level, for me, is prophetic… So I read my own work as personal prophecy. Like my dreams. I think all my dreams have come through.” Leonard Cohen

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“I think, like tofu, the song takes on the flavour of the emotional gravy of what you sense. If one needs one’s own suffering to be addressed, I think you can find that component in a song.” Leonard Cohen

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  • Compelling Photos: 2008 Amsterdam Leonard Cohen Concert
  • “The thing with Leonard, he’s not singing about frivolous things. He never has” Hear Ron Sexsmith & Conor Oberst Talk About Leonard Cohen + Performances Of Crazy To Love You & Darkness
  • Outstanding Video: Leonard Cohen Performs Tower Of Song – Amsterdam 2013
  • Post-Nuptial Post + Steve Goodman’s “Lincoln Park Pirates”
  • “I was completely empty – and out of that came songs that were very intimate & very personal.” Leonard Cohen On Writing The Songs For His First Album
  • “I’m tired of facts. I’m tired of speculations. I want to be consumed by unreason.” – From Beautiful Losers By Leonard Cohen
  • Delaina & Ben – Going To The Chapel: Oct 21, 2006
  • “Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore” Leonard Cohen
  • “[My life] doesn’t have many events, so the song has to come out of some other place. It’s not an event and it’s not a message, it’s another kind of colour.” Leonard Cohen
  • “We all tend to think our generation is the pivotal generation. The experience of the generations is that it isn’t so. Of course, if you’re dragged from your house at 3:00 in the morning, and you’re sent to a concentration camp, you may feel times are really bad.” Leonard Cohen
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