How I got my song – Leonard Cohen’s Prince Of Asturias Speech

Richard Brisebois Ling- English, Video 2011-10-282012-09-21 1 Minute

Following his nomination for the Prince of Asturias award.

Poetry comes from a place that no one commands, that no one conquers. So I feel somewhat like a charlatan to accept an award for an activity which I do not command. In other words, if I knew where the good songs came from I would go there more often.

See also:

1965 NFB documentary on Cohen.
2005 movie tribute to Cohen with performances by Beth Orton, Nick Cave, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, and U2.

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Richard Brisebois is an Executive coach and a Strategy consultant with 25+ years of experience in industry and academia. His clients cover the gamut from SMEs to Fortune50 companies. He has delivered 1,000+ workshops and programs in three languages all over the world. View all posts by Richard Brisebois

Published 2011-10-282012-09-21

3 thoughts on “How I got my song – Leonard Cohen’s Prince Of Asturias Speech”

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richard says:

2011-10-28 at 18:05

Evoca un ubi para un intangible… Me encanta.
Javier de Navascués says:

2011-10-28 at 17:08

Qué buena frase la del final! La voy a utilizar , todavía no sé para qué, pero la utilizaré…

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