A Quote by Julia Holter

What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery.

Julia Holter

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Julia Holter
American - Musician
Born: December 18, 1984

Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. They're my biggest heroes. I love everything about Leonard Cohen: his lyrics and his voice. He seems like a really clever man, and Bob Dylan does as well. He's just really cool.

Aurora

Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is far more comfortable giving a journalist "Tom Waits" the character, whose conversation is really a series of strange tales, learned or ad-libbed.

Sylvie Simmons

People always talk about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, but I like his melodies. They are very defined and original.

Ludovico Einaudi

I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.

Michelle Williams

My music isn't Leonard Cohen. But people are going to smile when it comes on.

Dr. Luke

When I started writing again, especially when I listened to French music and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I realized that these lots talked about themselves. The greatest artists, they didn't sing; they only spoke.

Benjamin Clementine

Leonard Cohen is probably the greatest lyricist for music that's ever lived, you know?

Beth Hart

When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.

Michelle Williams

Sometimes I feel like Leonard Cohen when he went off to become a Buddhist.

Leo Sayer

When you fall ill, people send you CDs. Very often, in my experience, these are by Leonard Cohen

Christopher Hitchens

Leonard Cohen kept his Jew name. He's so cool. It's too bad he died.

Ari Shaffir

I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

Kazuo Ishiguro

You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.

Jake Shimabukuro

I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill.

Imelda May

I've always been curious. I keep a list of people I'd love to have lunch with, like the Pope or Leonard Cohen. I'll read an article about someone I've never met and think, 'I should ask him to lunch!'