576 Quotes by Leonard Cohen

I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us: you don't write the songs anyhow. So if you're lucky, you can keep the vehicle healthy and responsive over the years. If you're lucky, your own intentions have very little to do with this.

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song.

I never had the sense that there was an end: that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.

You can keep the body as well-oiled and receptive as possible, but whether you're actually going to be able to go for the long haul is really not your own choice.

There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises.

Most of our distractions are designed to invite us away from this recognition, which is a good idea.

We are awakening from the dream of isolation, from the dream of loneliness, and it's a terrible shock.

Games are nature's most beautiful creation.

You wanted to be the Superman who was never Clark Kent.