"What a gift to the world is Leonard Cohen. He has become the universal artist, par excellence. He speaks to all ages and, seemingly, to all places.

At 77, he has produced an album that is beautiful, magnificent, moving. It is as if his entire career were a preparation for the 10 songs on Old Ideas.

Old, as in timeless. Love, sex, death, God."

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