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“Quieting the internal strife frees the spirit. Leonard is constantly refining his techniques for getting high. Drugs don’t work anymore. Neither does public acclaim or the music industry or Scientology (which he once was into), but yoga, fasting, and his writing help. So does Suzanne. The process is ongoing and more profound as the years pass. You can see it on his face. Refining. Always refining. And that’s why I search out Leonard. Why I love the man. Leonard knows a lot about searching, and I’m trying to become better at it myself. He turned me onto it. My brother crystallized it when he took me aside one day and said: “You don’t like yourself very much. That’s why you run around. You’re afraid if you slow down you’ll find out there’s nothing to you … but there is.”

Jeff Burger, Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters
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Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words Book 5) Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters by Jeff Burger
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