Leonard Cohen‘s Prince Of Asturias Speech – No Overdubbing

How I Got My Song, Leonard Cohen’s speech at the Oct 21, 2011 Prince of Asturias Awards is already available on video uploads, all of which suffer from overdubbing in Spanish that sometimes obscures Cohen’s words. In this version, however, all but the first 2-3 minutes of the talk are played from an audio tape with no overdubbing. While that portion of the tape contains ambient noise and some volume and pitch fluctuations, it is significantly easier to understand. A direct English transcript is also available at 1HeckOfAGuy.com: http://1heckofaguy.com/2011/10/24/leo…….
The transcription begins just after the Cohen’s opening salutations to the audience.
Transcription:
It is a great honour to stand here before you tonight. Perhaps, like the great maestro, Riccardo Muti,

English: Prince of Asturias Foundation Emblem (Prince of Asturias Awards) Español: Escudo de la Fundación Príncipe de Asturias (Premios Príncipe de Asturias) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)