I don’t know what I’m doing most of the time. There’s a certain humour in realizing that. I can never figure out the kind of tie to put on in the morning. I don’t have any strategy or plan to get through the day. It is literally a problem for me to decide which side of the bed to get out on. These are staggering problems. I remember talking to this Trappist monk in a monastery. He’s been there twelve years. A pretty severe regime. I expressed my admiration for him and he said, “Leonard, I’ve been here twelve years and every morning I have to decide whether I’m going to stay or not.” I knew exactly what he was talking about.
leonard cohen