“Nobody can say the word “naked” as nakedly as Cohen.”

Source: Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005), Liner notes for the Leonard Cohen tribute album Tower of Song (1995).
Context: Nobody can say the word “naked” as nakedly as Cohen. He makes us see the markings where the pantyhose have been.

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