10 citations Leonard Cohen - the wisdom that will stay with us

November 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, died on the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, and writer. His work has had a strong influence on world culture and remained in the hearts of millions of people around the world.

Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal, Canada in 1934. Seriously began to write poetry while studying at the university: the first collection of his poems by titled Let Us Compare Mythologies ( «Let's compare the mythology") came out in 1956, and the first novel - in 1963.

In the late 1960s, Cohen moved to the US and began studying music (folk first, then pop and other genres). His deep voice charmed the audience and the songs were different complex topics (religion, loneliness, relationships), but it is clear to everyone texts.

Leonard Cohen's discography includes twelve studio albums and six live albums, five compilations, Forty-one singles and seven videos.

Internationally known steel compositions:

• Suzanne ( «Suzanne");
• Hallelujah ( «Jai");
• Everybody Knows ( «Everyone knows");
• Waiting for the Miracle ( «Waiting for the Miracle") and others.

On Cohen hits often do covers.

Leonard Cohen was awarded the highest state insignia of Canada, was introduced to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

10 citations Leonard Cohen

About creativity

"Poetry - a proof of life. If your life is burning, poetry - it's her ashes. "

About work

"I do not want to create something to make me pay. I want to pay me for what I create something. "

About inspiration

"If I knew where the good songs come, I would have tried to go there more often."

On faith

"Prayer - a translation. Man puts himself in the child to express their needs in a language that only began to assimilate. "

On miracles

"From seven to eleven - a large piece of life, full of dullness and drowsiness. At this age, we gradually lose the gift of communicating with animals and birds are no longer sit on our window sills to chat. Gradually our eyes get used to what they see, and start to protect us from a miracle. "

About war

"This war will be eternal: the war between those who say that the war goes on, and those who say that no war."

About love

"All very good works on earth are created because of the lack of love."

About attachments

"Never buy yourself something with which you will be sorry to leave."

About life

"The reality is - this is one of the variants of what is happening, which I can not ignore."

On the death of

"You can not ever be afraid of death. Because once she will come and take away this fear with your life. In addition, with age in every human brain cells begin to die, responsible for fear. "