A quote from Leonard Cohen’s recent Prince of Asturias speech comes to mind this morning upon hearing the first studio cut off his forthcoming LP, Old Ideas:
As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. And the instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty.
Hear the living legend do just that above.