Writing Quotes by Nick Cave

I'm unable to really write the kind of song that doesn't have a visual element, which most songs don't.

— Nick Cave

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

— Nick Cave

I have to be able to see the thing that's going on that I'm writing about, or else it just doesn't make…

— Nick Cave

If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about.

— Nick Cave

You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate.

— Nick Cave

Anything that I'm doing I'm writing specifically for a particular project.

— Nick Cave

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it…

— Nick Cave

The way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.

— Nick Cave

I write songs in batches and then record them and then can't write again for ages. I try and build one song…

— Nick Cave

I've always done a lot of research and stuff around the songs that I write so there are pages and pages of…

— Nick Cave

I have things that I'm interested in, and I'm not really interested in writing about anything that I'm not interested in. But…

— Nick Cave

The way I go about writing records is that I make a calendar date to start the new record, so I have…

— Nick Cave

I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that…

— Nick Cave

To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and…

— Nick Cave

I get criticized for a lot of what I write about, but as far as I'm concerned I'm actually standing up and…

— Nick Cave

I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and…

— Nick Cave

When I start writing songs, and they come easily, I'm always very suspicious. That usually means they're reminding me of something I've…

— Nick Cave

Some are exploring the world through the subconscious. I've done that on occasions for various reasons, whether it be illness or self…

— Nick Cave

Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound – I have…

— Nick Cave

When I start to write a song, I initially fall into patterns and creative habits that are familiar, and because they're familiar,…

— Nick Cave

I've had to try and find a way over the years of writing narratively that doesn't really require you to sit down…

— Nick Cave

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle…

— Nick Cave

Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to…

— Nick Cave

The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and…

— Nick Cave

The reason I've gotten into script-writing, which was accidental to begin with, was that I found it was a far more effective…

— Nick Cave

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

— Nick Cave

I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.

— Nick Cave

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in…

— Nick Cave

With writing a song, I've always felt, right from the start, like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don't ever…

— Nick Cave

I feel very much a part of what I'm writing about, and I'm writing about things that concern me on a daily…

— Nick Cave

The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder,…

— Nick Cave

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should…

— Nick Cave

Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music…

— Nick Cave

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…

— Nick Cave

Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I…

— Nick Cave

I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of…

— Nick Cave

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in…

— Nick Cave

Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There's a lot of…

— Nick Cave

The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down…

— Nick Cave