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Nick Cave quotes: L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.
Nick Cave quotes: It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live. It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live.
Nick Cave quotes: I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike. I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.
Nick Cave quotes: Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.
Nick Cave quotes: There Will Always Be Suffering It Flows Through Life Like Water There Will Always Be Suffering
It Flows Through Life Like Water
Nick Cave quotes: I've always had an obligation to creation, above all. I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.
Nick Cave quotes: If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that.
Nick Cave quotes: There are times when I think I can sing it better, but usually I find that I can't. There are times when I think I can sing it better, but usually I find that I can't.
Nick Cave quotes: People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions. People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
Nick Cave quotes: Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I see that it's too long, I'll start cutting. Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I see that it's too long, I'll start cutting.
Nick Cave quotes: I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Nick Cave quotes: To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going. To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.
Nick Cave quotes: I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment. I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.
Nick Cave quotes: It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.
Nick Cave quotes: My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God. My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God.
Nick Cave quotes: Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed But all the past still yet to come ... Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed
But all the past still yet to come ...
Nick Cave quotes: I'm a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one. I'm a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
Nick Cave quotes: I think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year. I think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year.
Nick Cave quotes: I've got some words of wisdom. I've got some words of wisdom.
Nick Cave quotes: I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.
Nick Cave quotes: Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say. Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.
Nick Cave quotes: Sometimes the song isn't strong enough to contain the fiction, because memories are fictions. Sometimes the song isn't strong enough to contain the fiction, because memories are fictions.
Nick Cave quotes: The society of whores stuck needles in an image of me. The society of whores stuck needles in an image of me.
Nick Cave quotes: In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror. In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror.
Nick Cave quotes: Oh, we will know, won't we?The stars will explode in the skyOh, but they don't, do they?Stars have their moment and then they die Oh, we will know, won't we?
The stars will explode in the sky
Oh, but they don't, do they?
Stars have their moment and then they die
Nick Cave quotes: Said 2,000 years of Christian history, baby And you ain't learned to love me yet? Said 2,000 years of Christian history, baby
And you ain't learned to love me yet?
Nick Cave quotes: I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story. I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.
Nick Cave quotes: It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say. It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.
Nick Cave quotes: Wanting everything is the thing that eventually tears you apart. Wanting everything is the thing that eventually tears you apart.
Nick Cave quotes: You don't meet a lot of people that you really like. I don't anyway. You don't meet a lot of people that you really like. I don't anyway.
Nick Cave quotes: The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star. The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.
Nick Cave quotes: You've got to understand your limitations. It's your limitations that make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are. You've got to understand your limitations. It's your limitations that make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.
Nick Cave quotes: If I'm hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, 'Hey, why don't you go downstairs and start a new novel?' If I'm hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, 'Hey, why don't you go downstairs and start a new novel?'
Nick Cave quotes: I've spent my life butting my head against other people's lack of imagination. I've spent my life butting my head against other people's lack of imagination.
Nick Cave quotes: Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence. Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
Nick Cave quotes: I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar. I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
Nick Cave quotes: Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.
Nick Cave quotes: I think it's a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning. I think it's a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning.
Nick Cave quotes: You ain't got no self-respect,you feel like an insectWell don't you worry buddy,cause here he comes You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Nick Cave quotes: I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence. I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.
Nick Cave quotes: You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom. You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom.
Nick Cave quotes: I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing. I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.
Nick Cave quotes: Vagina man,' said Bunny, and his two colleagues went quiet and nodded in silent agreement. Vagina man,' said Bunny, and his two colleagues went quiet and nodded in silent agreement.
Nick Cave quotes: As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.
Nick Cave quotes: People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I'm somehow letting the team down. People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I'm somehow letting the team down.
Nick Cave quotes: And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow. And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow.
Nick Cave quotes: Comatose, Pa's wife, the slobstress, buried an armchair beneath her bulk. Comatose, Pa's wife, the slobstress, buried an armchair beneath her bulk.
Nick Cave quotes: The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new. The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.
Nick Cave quotes: Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things. Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things.
Nick Cave quotes: I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people. I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.
Nick Cave quotes: I can control the weather with my moods. I just can't control my moods. I can control the weather with my moods. I just can't control my moods.
Nick Cave quotes: Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously. Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.
Nick Cave quotes: I am the captain of my pain. I am the captain of my pain.
Nick Cave quotes: Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.
Nick Cave quotes: I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really. I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.
Nick Cave quotes: A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer ... A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer ...
Nick Cave quotes: Hamlet got a gun now. Hamlet got a gun now.
Nick Cave quotes: Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work. Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work.
Nick Cave quotes: I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music.
Nick Cave quotes: A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh. A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.
Nick Cave quotes: am the guy with the flies. I am the one that dies. am the guy with the flies. I am the one that dies.
Nick Cave quotes: To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting. To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.
Nick Cave quotes: When you're talking about rock n' roll, myth-making is what it's all about. When you're talking about rock n' roll, myth-making is what it's all about.
Nick Cave quotes: My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education. My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.
Nick Cave quotes: I'm hugely self-critical in the morning. I'm hugely self-critical in the morning.
Nick Cave quotes: I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really. I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.
Nick Cave quotes: I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god. I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.
Nick Cave quotes: When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like. When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.
Nick Cave quotes: I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I'm quite happy about to be honest. I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I'm quite happy about to be honest.
Nick Cave quotes: I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become. I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
Nick Cave quotes: My true intent is all for your delight. My true intent is all for your delight.
Nick Cave quotes: God is in everything whether I'm mentioning him or not. God is in everything whether I'm mentioning him or not.
Nick Cave quotes: Buddy, you've been warned. Buddy, you've been warned.
Nick Cave quotes: I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden. I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.
Nick Cave quotes: No wonder sorrow doesn't smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad. No wonder sorrow doesn't smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
Nick Cave quotes: I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you knowand I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get to one fat boy's asshole, said Stagger Lee. I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know
and I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get to one fat boy's asshole, said Stagger Lee.
Nick Cave quotes: I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster. I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster.
Nick Cave quotes: Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life. Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
Nick Cave quotes: I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs. I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs.
Nick Cave quotes: I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan. I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.
Nick Cave quotes: A gentleman never talks about his tailor. A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
Nick Cave quotes: You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate. You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate.
Nick Cave quotes: He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in, He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in,
Nick Cave quotes: What we [outsiders] feel America is really about - the kind of crazed ravings of the Christian right - when it's probably something quite different. What we [outsiders] feel America is really about - the kind of crazed ravings of the Christian right - when it's probably something quite different.
Nick Cave quotes: I am damned,' thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die. I am damned,' thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die.
Nick Cave quotes: My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits. My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.
Nick Cave quotes: I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places. I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.
Nick Cave quotes: If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about. If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about.
Nick Cave quotes: You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan. You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan.
Nick Cave quotes: I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so. I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so.
Nick Cave quotes: I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely. I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.
Nick Cave quotes: Oh, fuck it, I'm a monster, I admit it! Oh, fuck it, I'm a monster, I admit it!
Nick Cave quotes: Oh, a passing, skeptical kind of interest. I'm a hammer-and-nails kind of guy. Oh, a passing, skeptical kind of interest. I'm a hammer-and-nails kind of guy.
Nick Cave quotes: Stars have their moments then they die. Stars have their moments then they die.
Nick Cave quotes: I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect. I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.
Nick Cave quotes: Do I personally believe in a personal God? No. Do I personally believe in a personal God? No.
Nick Cave quotes: Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother. Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother.
Nick Cave quotes: No fish can swim until the King is born, until the King is born in Tupelo. No fish can swim until the King is born, until the King is born in Tupelo.
Nick Cave quotes: Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph. Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.
Nick Cave quotes: If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it! If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it!

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