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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. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music.

— Leonard Cohen

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More quotes by Leonard Cohen

Courage is what others can't see, what is never affirmed. It is made of what you have thrown away and then come back for.

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river.

Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)

Every heart to love will come
But like a refugee.

The Future (1992)

It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love.

Beautiful Losers (1966)

And here you are hurried,
And here you are gone;
And here is the love,
That it's all built upon.

Ten New Songs (2001)

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