Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen

Interviews and Encounters

Jeff Burger, Jeff Burger

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781613747612
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music Biographies

Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life. Now, for the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more than 50 interviews conducted worldwide between 1966 and 2012.

In Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen— which includes a foreword by singer Suzanne Vega and eight pages of rarely seen photos—the artist talks about "Bird on the Wire, " "Hallelujah, " and his other classic songs. He candidly discusses his famous romances, his years in a Zen monastery, his ill-fated collaboration with producer Phil Spector, his long battle with depression, and much more. You'll find interviews that first appeared in the New York Times and Rolling Stone, but also material that has not previously been printed in English. A few have not been available until now in any format, including many illuminating reminiscences that contributors supplied specifically for this definitive anthology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Other Books
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword | Suzanne Vega
• Preface | Jeff Burger
• Part I • the Sixties and Seventies
• Part II • the Eighties
• Part III • the Nineties
• Part IV • the New Millennium
• The Works of Leonard Cohen
• About the Contributors
• About the Editor
• Credits