I'm not sure about this, but my sister says back when she was in college, listening to Leonard Cohen was as good as a litmus test - if you could listen without wanting to slit your wrists, you were probably ok mental-health-wise, but if you couldn't get through a whole record without wanting to sob uncontrollably, you were possibly dangerously depressed and needed to see the counselor.

I'm listening to Leonard Cohen right now - Ten New Songs, which came out in 2001 - and I'm feeling okay, so I must not be too depressed. There have been a few times, though, when I put it on and had to take it off because I started to feel unbearably sad. Strange.

But I think his voice is incredibly sexy, in a seedy, smoky, strangely seductive kind of way. Makes my skin shiver.