KW-52-2021: #Patti_Smith_and_Leonard_Cohen – Why Patti Smith loves Leonard Cohen and the problem with aspiring „rock poets“ – Yesterday, on December 30th, 21, Patti Smith was 75 years old. – Patti Smith on Leonard Cohen: “Any musician who described himself or herself as a poet who didn’t answer to the name Leonard Cohen virtually guaranteed disappointment. Too many self-styled rock poets had nearly killed the phenomenon.”