Leonard Cohen Quotes

“Depression has been an issue with me for the whole of my life and I’ve tried, like everybody else, various ways of dealing with that depression. You know, drugs, women, art, religion ... you try everything … Depression isn’t just the blues. It’s not just like I’ve a hangover for the weekend … it’s a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you’re gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit … I’ve had to deal with this most of my life like many other people and I’ve finally found a place like this where there are a lot of people like me.”
― Harry Freedman, Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius