“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

As quoted in Los Angeles Times (24 September 1995)

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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016

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