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
To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The guitar is something you kind of embrace, and the piano is something you kind of - when you play it, you… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I'm unable to really write the kind of song that doesn't have a visual element, which most songs don't. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Oh, a passing, skeptical kind of interest. I'm a hammer-and-nails kind of guy. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is… — 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… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able… — 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… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've always worn suits. To me they're a very practical kind of thing to wear. You put one on and don't really… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I’ve never intended to make religious records or records that preach some kind of point of view... If you’re involved with imagination… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I feel those kinds of ghosts - especially the women in my life - moving out… — 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
An audience is the perfect thing to unleash venom and hate on. It doesn't necessarily mean you hate everyone in the audience… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills.… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was about 12 years old and I was sitting watching the television and it was some kind of talent show, you… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind… — 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… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I'm somehow letting the team… — 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… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way.… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
There's that kind of song, "Whoah baby, I love you," which doesn't have a visual element, but a very strong emotional element,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing.… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie… — 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
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