--- title: "10 Kind Quotes By Nick Lowe" description: "10 Kind quotes by Nick Lowe. Plus more from Nick Lowe and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/nick-lowe-9853_be-kind_cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you-2_2569824.png" --- > [Cruel to be kind means that I love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/nick-lowe-9853_be-kind_cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you-2_2569824.png) > [I've always felt kind of like an outsider, even when I was very successful back in the old days. Even then. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-ve-always-felt-kind-of-like-an-outsider-even-when-i-was-very/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/nick-lowe-9853_enjoyed_i-ve-always-felt-kind-of-like-an-outside_1738609.png) > [When I find a cover song that I like, I'll work away at it until I kind of believe that I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/when-i-find-a-cover-song-that-i-like-i-ll-work-away-at-it-until-i/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/nick-lowe-9853_believe_when-i-find-a-cover-song-that-i-like-i-l_934052.png) > [I use the name and the thought very, very easily as a sort of comfort - as a kind of comfort, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-use-the-name-and-the-thought-very-very-easily-as-a-sort-of-comfort/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/nick-lowe-9853_comfort_i-use-the-name-and-the-thought-very-very_2577835.png) > [I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-m-still-kind-of-a-hapless-character-in-my-everyday-life-but-when-it/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/nick-lowe-9853_advertising_i-m-still-kind-of-a-hapless-character-in_684811.jpg) > [London was a real dump in the 70s, when it belonged to me and my friends, because, like most cities, you kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/london-was-a-real-dump-in-the-70s-when-it-belonged-to-me-and-my/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/nick-lowe-9853_bits_london-was-a-real-dump-in-the-70s-when-i_3112259.png) > [If a hit came along, I wouldn't be unhappy about that. But I'm a bit too old for that now-doing videos and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/if-a-hit-came-along-i-wouldn-t-be-unhappy-about-that-but-i-m-a-bit/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/nick-lowe-9853_atheism_if-a-hit-came-along-i-wouldn-t-be-unhapp_2077953.png) > [My latest theory is that it's - well, I describe it as, like, being in an apartment with kind of thin walls.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/my-latest-theory-is-that-it-s-well-i-describe-it-as-like-being-in-an/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/nick-lowe-9853_apartment_my-latest-theory-is-that-it-s-well-i-des_2695245.jpg) > [The idea was put to me, and my initial reaction was of slight sort of - I was slightly appalled, really, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/the-idea-was-put-to-me-and-my-initial-reaction-was-of-slight-sort-of/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/nick-lowe-9853_bits_the-idea-was-put-to-me-and-my-initial-re_2011370.png) > [I realized sometime in the early '80s that if I didn't do something - like planning for the future in a way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-realized-sometime-in-the-early-80s-that-if-i-didn-t-do-something/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/nick-lowe-9853_80s_i-realized-sometime-in-the-early-80s-tha_2028743.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Nick Lowe > [You try to make every word count, so there's no doubt what you're talking about. When you're young, you waffle away. Well, I'm done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/you-try-to-make-every-word-count-so-there-s-no-doubt-what-you-re/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [And there were sort of three toys for boys and three toys for girls. And the boys I can remember was, well, there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/and-there-were-sort-of-three-toys-for-boys-and-three-toys-for-girls/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [And then, one day, they program a new tune, and it really catches your ear, you know, because you can be doing the washing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/and-then-one-day-they-program-a-new-tune-and-it-really-catches-your/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [I don't have the faith now. I certainly believe in Jesus - you know, that he existed and he was a very nice man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-don-t-have-the-faith-now-i-certainly-believe-in-jesus-you-know-that/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-sort-of-have-various-sort-of-theories-when-people-ask-me-about/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [But anyway, I was convinced that it would go away, you know. But the idea was that he was sitting on a flight -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/but-anyway-i-was-convinced-that-it-would-go-away-you-know-but-the/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [Later in life, suddenly, if you're an outsider, it's something to be celebrated, I think, rather than getting on people's nerves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/later-in-life-suddenly-if-you-re-an-outsider-it-s-something-to-be/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/as-long-as-my-body-holds-out-i-ll-be-grooving-when-i-m-70-and-not/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/and-religious-music-and-the-sort-of-symbolism-of-it-and-everything/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [They tell me I produced songs. I just stood in the back, wore a good suit and said, Yeah, that's happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/they-tell-me-i-produced-songs-i-just-stood-in-the-back-wore-a-good/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/a-devastating-culmination-of-the-elegant-and-the-funky-a-really/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [I'm really lucky that I've had a little gang of people who I've been involved with for a long time... I've been really lucky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-m-really-lucky-that-i-ve-had-a-little-gang-of-people-who-i-ve-been/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very old influences.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/i-m-still-kind-of-a-hapless-character-in-my-everyday-life-but-when-it/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [In the '70s, you had to come up with an album every year whether you were ready or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/in-the-70s-you-had-to-come-up-with-an-album-every-year-whether-you/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) > [So you can be about your business, and then on it comes again. And this time you're ready, and you've got a wine glass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/so-you-can-be-about-your-business-and-then-on-it-comes-again-and-this/) [Nick Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-lowe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/nick-lowe/#itemlist", "name": "10 Kind Quotes By Nick Lowe", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cruel to be kind means that I love you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Lowe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-lowe/cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/nick-lowe-9853_be-kind_cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you-2_2569824.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/nick-lowe-9853_be-kind_cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you-2_2569824.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/nick-lowe-9853_be-kind_cruel-to-be-kind-means-that-i-love-you-2_2569824.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cruel to be kind means that I love you.” — Nick Lowe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always felt kind of like an outsider, even when I was very successful back in the old days. 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