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Leonard Cohen
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And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty.
— As quoted in "2011's Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters"
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
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The voice that turned "Hallelujah" into a hymn for the faithless came late to music — Cohen spent his first thirty-one years as a poet and novelist before picking up a guitar in 1966.
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Leonard Norman Cohen was born September 21, 1934, and spent the 1950s and early 1960s writing novels and poems before releasing his first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, in 1967. Three spare folk records followed through 1974, then a jarring detour with Phil Spector's wall-of-sound production on Death of a Ladies' Man in 1977. He returned to form with Recent Songs in 1979, blending acoustic textures with jazz and Mediterranean threads, then released "Hallelujah" on Various Positions in 1984 — the song that would outlive him in a thousand covers. I'm Your Man in 1988 pushed him toward synthesize…
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Leonard Cohen
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People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure.
— As quoted in Los Angeles Times (24 September 1995)
Leonard Cohen
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I am so often accused of gloominess and melancholy. And I think I'm probably the most cheerful man around. I don't consider myself a pessimist at all.
— As quoted in "The Joking Troubadour of Gloom" in The Daily Telegraph (26 April 1993)
Leonard Cohen
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Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.
— First words of his speech accepting the Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist in Canada (1992)
Leonard Cohen
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It was only when you walked away I saw you had the perfect ass. Forgive me for not falling in love with your face or your conversation.
— The Energy of Slaves (1972)
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- Thanks for the Dance2019
- Book of Longing2007
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