“ Though most cultural observers hadn't noticed it yet, everything was now in place for Hallelujah to sweep through the pop landscape. It was a song that had multiple strong, emotional connections with… Alan Light
“ Needless to say, the song [Hallelujah] was now a climax in every show [of the 2009 Leonard Cohen tour], received like holy scripture. It belonged in a category with seeing Bob Dylan sing Like a Rollin… Alan Light
“ You feel the same hum at a Cohen concert that you do at a church or a synagogue, a feeling that emanates from the realization that the words and tunes you're about to hear represent the best efforts w… Liel Leibovitz
“ It is easy to display a wound, the proud scars of combat. It is hard to show a pimple Leonard Cohen
“ Perhaps no line of Cohen’s better captures the essence of his vision. He is telling his listeners what prophetically inclined rabbis have been telling theirs for thousands of years, namely that the wo… Liel Leibovitz
“ So much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos...So ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen