Tenzo - SingerSongWriter - Poet

[Tchocolatl]

http://www.lesechos.fr/culture-loisirs/ ... 571081.php

A picture of the man that we have already seen, but extremely graceful. Nice to see it again.

"On appréciera sa définition du « song-writing », façon gourmet : « Une chanson est comme le tofu, elle prend la saveur et le goût du bouillon dans laquelle elle est trempée. Lorsqu’elle est bonne, on trouve la réponse à toutes ses questions. Lorsqu’elle est moins bonne, c’est que le bouillon manquait de saveur. C’est formidable de recueillir autant de louanges, de susciter un tel respect. Je ne peux que me sentir bien. La difficulté est d’y répondre autrement qu’en disant simplement merci. » Même s’il a longtemps attendu avant de se lancer, Leonard Cohen n’est pas près de s’arrêter. Un nouvel album est prévu pour 2014."

He may not have said these exact words in English, of course, but this gives you the general meaning :

"One can appreciate his definition of song-writing, gourmet style : "A song is like tofu, it takes the flavour and the taste of the broth in which it was soaked. When it is good, we find the answer to all the questions. When it is less good, it is because the broth was lacking flavour. It is wonderful to receive so much praise, to arouse such respect. I can only feel good. The difficulty is to answer otherwise than by just saying "thank you".


A new album for 2014. Just Great.

[rike]

HURRAH!!! It pays to read until the last line -- a new album in 2014. Thank you for finding and posting this.

[lizzytysh]

Lovely lines of description for songwriting!!!
And... yes... SUPER GREAT news on another album [and, by implication, another tour as well].
Thanks for this, Tchoc!

[Hartmut]

Thanks, Tchocolatl!