

Leonard Cohen
- singer-songwriter
- poet
- street artist
- novelist
- writer
- musician
- pianist
- screenwriter
- film actor
- record producer
- singer
- lyricist
- author
- draftsperson
- Born 1934-09-21
- Died 2016-11-07 (aged 82)
- Nationality Canada
- Years active 1956–2016
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Movie | composer | 60 |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Movie | composer | 37 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1934 age 0
Born1971 age 37
1994 age 60
2016 age 82
Died
Worked with most
Family and influences
Partner
Children
Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Parents, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.
Photos
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Photo:RamaCC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Quotes
And you kissed me <br> shy as though I'd <br> never been your lover
Leonard Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rust rust rust <br> in the engines of love and time
Leonard Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Although only one man may be receiving the favors of a woman, all men in her presence are warmed. That's the great Generosity of women and the great generosity of the Creator who worked it out is that there are no unilateral agreements on sexuality.
Leonard Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0
What is a saint? A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible to say what that possibility is. I think it has something to do with the energy of love. Contact with this energy results in the exercise of a kind of balance in the chaos of existence. A saint does not dissolve the chaos; if he did the world would have changed long ago. I do not think that a saint dissolves the chaos even for himself, for there is something arrogant and warlike in the notion of a man setting the universe in order. It is a kind of balance that is his glory. He rides the drifts like an escaped ski. His course is the caress of the hill. His track is a drawing of the snow in a moment of its particular arrangement with wind and rock. Something in him so loves the world that he gives himself to the laws of gravity and chance. Far from flying with the angels, he traces with the fidelity of a seismograph needle the state of the solid bloody landscape. His house is dangerous and f
Leonard Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0
God is alive. Magic is afoot. God is alive. Magic is afoot. God is afoot. Magic is alive. Alive is afoot. Magic never died. God never sickened. Many poor men lied. Many sick men lied. Magic never weakened. Magic never hid. Magic always ruled. God is afoot. God was ruler though his funeral lengthened. Though his mourners thickened Magic never fled...
Leonard Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0
It was only when you walked away I saw you had the perfect ass. Forgive me for not falling in love with your face or your conversation.
Leonard Cohen, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- Canada
- Cause of death
- falling
- Height
- 175 cm
- Languages
- French, English
- Years active
- 1956–2016
- Instruments
- guitar, piano, voice
- Voice type
- bass-baritone
- Record labels
- Columbia Records
- Genres
- rock music, spoken word, folk rock, sophisti-pop, world music, soft rock, pop music, folk music, pop rock, blues
- Notable works
- Songs from a Room, Various Positions, Old Ideas, The Future, Hallelujah, The Favourite Game, The Energy of Slaves, Parasites of Heaven, Beautiful Losers
- Education
- McGill University, Columbia University, McGill Faculty of Law, Camp B'nai Brith, Pripstein's Camp Mishmar, Roslyn Elementary School, Westmount High School

