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garp: LEONARD COHEN - Show Me The PlaceShow me the place, where you want your slave to goShow me the place, I’ve forgotten I don’t knowShow me the place where my head is bend and lowShow me the place, where you want your slave to goShow me the ...
naipan: Leonard Cohen with Chuck Berry and Keith Richards behind the scenes at the PEN New England Awards at JFK Library, Boston on 26 February 2012.
Leonard Cohen with Chuck Berry and Keith Richards behind the scenes at the PEN New England Awards at JFK Library, Boston on 26 February 2012.
naipan: Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Keith Richards and Chuck Berry prior to the PEN New England Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence in the President’s Room.
Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Keith Richards and Chuck Berry prior to the PEN New England Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence in the President’s Room.
naipan: Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Leonard Cohen, and Peter Wolf prior to the PEN New England Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence in the President’s Room. — at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
sincerely-l-cohen: Leonard and Marianne in 1966. Photo by John Max
Leonard and Marianne in 1966.
Photo by John Max
…He said that the older you get, the lonelier you become, and the deeper the love you need. Which means that this hero that you’re trying to maintain as the central figure in the drama of your life— this hero is not enjoying the life of a hero. You’re exerting a tremendous maintenance to keep this heroic stance available to you, and the hero is suffering defeat after defeat. And they’re not heroic defeats; they’re ignoble defeats.
