Other people singing my songs is something that I've never been casual about. I've always been very touched … - Leonard Cohen

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The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never, ever, be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life!

Leonard Cohen

Other people singing my songs is something that I've never been casual about. I've always been very touched by it and I always go into immediate critical suspension.

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Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not just like I have a hangover in the weekend. . . the girl didn't show up or something like that. It isn't that. It's not really depression, 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.

Blues, Depression, Girl, Hangover, Heart

I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse.

Anguish, Anxiety, Clinical, Life, Speak, Strategy

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.

Afraid, Beauty, Forever, Look, Looks, Tired

You live your life as if it's real. . . . . . . a thousand kisses deep

Deep, Life, Real, Song, Thousand

Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life.

Completely, Course, Guarding, Heart, Used