Goodbye Leonard
" I want my songs to be direct and immediate, nothing that should stay forever. I do not want a life insurance on my work" - this was said by Leonard Cohen in 1966. He was then a young Jewish-Canadian poet who has won a $2000 prize for his talents. With this money he kept a house in the Greek Island Hydra and was head over heals in love with Marianne who he has described: "Marianne. Perfect." He could not make a living as a writer in spite of the excellent critics he received, he could not pay his bills, he could not keep the house in Hydra. In his countless interviews, he told interviewers: "My options were either to...