CBC Archives: Leonard Cohen Considers the Poetic Mind, 1966
Leonard Cohen Quotes
"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)
"Now, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm a great musicologist, but I'm a lot better than what I was described as for a long, long time; you know, people said I only knew three chords when I knew five."—from interview with BBC Radio 1 FM (1994)
"I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had to have written one word that I didn't want to write, to be able to have satisfied that dictum I set for myself, which was not to work for pay, but to be paid for my work—just to be able to satisfy those standards that I set for myself has been an enormous privilege."—(same)
"So the great affair is over/ but whoever would have guessed/ it would leave us all so vacant/ and so deeply unimpressed/ It's like our visit to the moon/ or to that other star/ I guess you go for nothing/ if you really want to go that far"—from "Death of a Ladies' Man" (1977)
"Everybody knows that you love me baby/ Everybody knows that you really do/ Everybody knows that you've been faithful/ Ah give or take a night or two/ Everybody knows you've been discreet/ But there were so many people you just had to meet/ without your clothes/And everybody knows …"—from "Everybody Knows" (1988).
"Ring the bells that still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack in everything/ It's how the light gets in."—from "Anthem" (1992)
"Well, maybe there's a God above/ But all I've ever learned from love/ Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya"—from "Hallelujah" (1984)
"And sometimes when the night is slow/ The wretched and the meek/ We gather up our hearts and go/
A Thousand Kisses Deep."—from "A Thousand Kisses Deep" (2004)
Albums
Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) Songs from a Room (1969) Songs of Love and Hate (1971) Live Songs (1973) New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974) Death of a Ladies' Man (1977) Recent Songs (1979) Various Positions (1984) I'm Your Man (1988) The Future (1992) Cohen Live: Leonard Cohen in Concert (1994) Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 (2001) Ten New Songs (2001) Dear Heather (2004) Blue Alert (2006) (co-writer, producer)
Compilations
The Best of Leonard Cohen (1975) (also known as Greatest Hits) More Best of Leonard Cohen (1997) (including two new tracks) The Essential Leonard Cohen (2002), double CD
