From "The Guardian"
"These times are very difficult to write in because the slogans are really jamming the airwaves - it's something that goes beyond what has been called political correctness. It's a kind of tyranny of posture. Those ideas are swarming through the air like locusts. And it's difficult for the writer to determine what he really thinks about things. So in my own case I have to write the verse, and then see if it's a slogan or not and then toss it. But I can't toss it until I've worked on it and seen what it really is."
and he quotes Tennessee Williams: "Life is a fairly well-written play except for the third act."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/10/ghomeshi-interviews-leonard-cohen
Leonard Cohen on Q TV [youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugh8Xe6hX7U
