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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

Leonard Cohen
Thinking About You, Certain, About Yourself
"I never discuss my mistresses or my tailors" by Nick Paton Walsh, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

Leonard Cohen
Writing, Poetry, Ashes
"My favourite word in songwriting history is 'that'" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2007.

I don't know which side is anybody on any more. I don't really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we're on and understand that we are creatures of a higher order.

Leonard Cohen
Order, Care, Sides
Leonard Cohen during Concert at Congress Hall in the Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland, March 22, 1985.

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 growing older.

Leonard Cohen
Thinking, Age, Growing

When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.

Leonard Cohen
Glasses, Feet, Relaxation

The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.

Leonard Cohen
Running, Shows
"On the Road, for Reasons Practical and Spiritual" by Larry Rohter, www.nytimes.com. February 24, 2009.

The less I was of who I was, the better I felt.

Leonard Cohen
Felt

Follow me, the wise man said, but he walked behind.

Leonard Cohen
Wise, Men, Chaos
Song: Teachers, Album: Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967

Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.

Leonard Cohen
Heart, Guarding, Used
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Do not be a magician - be magic!

Leonard Cohen
Magic, Moral, Ethics
Leonard Cohen (2011). “Beautiful Losers”, p.181, Vintage

When we are touched by a song, it is because the artist cannot hide himself.