Cohen's story (some of which he has written about in this newspaper) starts with his family.

Billy started singing with his family at the age of eight.

At the age of three André started singing with his family as audience.

It'll be a question of starting with your family and going back - church and town records and so forth.

Once healed he did not recognize himself in the mirror and saw it as the perfect opportunity to start a new life with his beloved family.

Something inside her wanted to start fresh and new with their little family.

The first "exercise book" starts with Toundi living with his family.

This event would have been an ideal place for me to start the process of belated reconciliation with his family and associates.

Oh, and I should probably start with your immediate family.

However, he said, the idea was opposed by every city resident he encountered, "starting with my own family."