Inganekwane Leonard Cohen umemezele ukuthi uhlela ukuqala ukuvakasha eCanada nase-United States ngoMeyi, ukuze aqhubeke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi eYurophu, lapho kuzobuyela khona esiteji ngemuva kokungabikho iminyaka engu-15.
El i-canadian uvumile ukuthi "ukhathazekile kancane" ngalolu hambo, njengoba etshela iphephandaba laseCanada "La Presse" eMontreal. «Sekuphele iminyaka engu-14 ngingadlali isigingci«Kuqinisekisile umbhali we-« Suzanne ».
I-albhamu yokugcina kaCohen ithi 'Dear Heather', ekhishwe ekupheleni kuka-2004. Futhi ngo-2006 washicilela incwadi yakhe ethi 'Book of Longing'.