It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You know, an idea is just an idea. There seems to... the kind of epiphanies that you have, like the little sudden… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“And I know why our friendship must be kept a secret. Or they will kill You like they killed You in the Bible. And… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“Through these days Bunny made increasingly frequent and protracted visits to the bathroom, beating off with a single-minded savagery intense even by Bunny's standards.… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
That's what we [outsiders] feel America is really about - the kind of crazed ravings of the Christian right - when it's probably something… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty to protect… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image