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Andy McSmith: Cohen's verses can be cut to fit

Writing "Hallelujah" cost the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen a lot of time and pain. He just kept on writing verse after verse, for years on end, until he had completed about 80. Then he threw most of them away.

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16:00 on December 19 2008

Andy McSmith: Cohen's verses can be cut to fit

The Independent — Writing "Hallelujah" cost the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen a lot of time and pain. He just kept on writing verse after verse, for years on end, until he had c... more info
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