Wise and articulate, tender and alive, Cohen the songwriter was somehow even more compelling in this naked state, his vulnerabilities heightened, his confidence tilted by slight outsider/imposter feelings about claiming a space occupied by the likes of Judy Collins and Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Phil Ochs. It's easy to imagine a small chuckle bouncing off the page, him shaking his head a little, a slight smile on his lips.Ĭohen was in his early 30s when he stepped into the spotlight, guitar in hand, a poet's worth of evocations pouring from his mouth. This is from an interview that 57-year-old Leonard Cohen did with Q in 1991. If that was the only way I'd exploited a relationship then I'm going straight to heaven. Interviewer: Do you ever feel that you have exploited relationships by writing about them? Leonard Cohen: That's the very least way in which I have exploited relationships.
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