There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.
Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached. - Leonard Cohen
Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
- Leonard Cohen
I'm never sure why I do anything, to tell you the truth. - Leonard Cohen
I'm never sure why I do anything, to tell you the truth.
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are … - Leonard Cohen
We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are …
Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it's after the age of 70 you realize - you begin to actually be convinced - you're growi… - Leonard Cohen
Growing old becomes clear to you at a certain point. I think it's after the age of 70 you realize - you begin to actually be convinced - you're growi…
May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude. - Leonard Cohen
May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.
Never make a decision when you need to pee. - Leonard Cohen
Never make a decision when you need to pee.
I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you - Leonard Cohen
I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear. - Leonard Cohen
We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
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