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Leonard Cohen On Tattoos - Anthem

Opening lines to "Anthem" on right arm. Posted at LeonardCohenForum by Abby.

To see more of Abby, go to Leonard Cohen On Tattoos #11 - Hallelujah.

All photos from the Leonard Cohen On Tattoos series can be viewed at Leonard Cohen On Tattoos Collection.

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Leonard Cohen On Tattoos: In this exchange from On the road to singing sensation, a 1966 CBC TV interview, Leonard Cohen exercises the poet’s prerogative of re-interpreting and manipulating the interviewer's words and his own to distract and deflect:

Leonard Cohen: ... I thought that I would ... get a tattoo
Beryl Fox: Where?
Leonard Cohen: There’s this place on St. Lawrence Blvd.

As far as I can determine, Leonard Cohen never got that tattoo - but many of his admirers do sport inked images of and words inspired by the Canadian singer-songwriter on their bodies. Those specimens form the content of the Leonard Cohen On Tattoos photo series.