In a world that’s already given us Bob Dylan and Dustin Hoffman, why is Leonard Cohen celebrated as a rock ‘n roll treasure?

I enjoy Leonard Cohen in small doses, especially songs from Songs of Leonard Cohen, his debut, which should have been entitled Suzanne and 9 Other Songs That Have Essentially the Same Melody as Suzanne. I like the way his music was used to haunting effect through Robert Altman‘s McCabe and Mrs. Miller. I know he’s a hipster and a lover and a poet and all that. He’s made love to many of rock’s most-beautiful, least-talented hipster women – in candlelight, no less! The jacket he wore during his 1970 Isle of Wight appearance is something I could study for hours. I even get his appeal as a cult artist, but is he actually something more than that? Do you experience a deeper level of appreciation that I’m missing? Should I feel the world would be a better place if the music of Leonard Cohen was running through more people’s heads?