O Leonard Cohen, o θρυλικός τραγουδιστής, συνθέτης και ποιητής γεννήθηκε στις 21/9/1934.
Ο ίδιος περιγράφει: I was born in chains but I was taken out of them. It was windy. Dried leaves crashed against the walls of the homeopathic hospital. I was alive. I was alive in the horror. The givers huddled over me like a football team. They started to give me things and then to take them away. Things that didn’t fit they chucked back into the funnel of the void. The gifts were many and many were the warnings that went with them. We are giving you a great heart but if you drink wine you will begin to hate the world. The moon is your sister but if you take sleeping pills you will find yourself in the company of unhappy women. Every time you grab at love, you will lose a snowflake of your memory.
O Cohen διαβάζει αυτο το απόσπασμα μεταξύ άλλων στο ντοκιμαντέρ του Lian Lunson Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man. Το φιλμ είναι μια συναρπαστική ρετροσπεκτίβα της ζωής και της καλλιτεχνικής πορείας του Cohen. Στο ντοκιμαντέρ συμμετέχουν σε tribute perfomances και οι Beth Orton, Nick Cave, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, U2 κ.α.
