--- title: "Best Song Quotes by Nick Cave" description: "56 Song quotes by Nick Cave. Plus more from Nick Cave and more Song sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/nick-cave-1153_adventure_it-s-very-important-that-the-music-has-a_1117614.jpg" --- > [It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/it-s-very-important-that-the-music-has-a-sense-of-adventure-to-it-and/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/nick-cave-1153_adventure_it-s-very-important-that-the-music-has-a_1117614.jpg) > [I don't like those songs where you have to listen to a story to get into them. I don't want to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-don-t-like-those-songs-where-you-have-to-listen-to-a-story-to-get/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/nick-cave-1153_attention_i-don-t-like-those-songs-where-you-have_948597.jpg) > [My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/my-responsibility-as-an-artist-is-to-turn-up-at-the-page-or-the-piano/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/nick-cave-1153_art_my-responsibility-as-an-artist-is-to-tur_1225541.jpg) > [I write songs in batches and then record them and then can't write again for ages. I try and build one song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-write-songs-in-batches-and-then-record-them-and-then-can-t-write/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/nick-cave-1153_age_i-write-songs-in-batches-and-then-record_312683.jpg) > [There's that kind of song, "Whoah baby, I love you," which doesn't have a visual element, but a very strong emotional element,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/there-s-that-kind-of-song-whoah-baby-i-love-you-which-doesn-t-have-a/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/nick-cave-1153_baby_there-s-that-kind-of-song-whoah-baby-i-l_1352308.jpg) > [As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/as-people-buy-less-and-less-records-it-s-become-more-and-more/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/nick-cave-1153_attention_as-people-buy-less-and-less-records-it-s_2847308.jpg) > [The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-more-settled-i-ve-become-the-more-problematic-my-characters-have/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/nick-cave-1153_character_the-more-settled-i-ve-become-the-more-pr_1595679.jpg) > [There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/there-s-an-element-to-songwriting-that-i-can-t-explain-that-comes/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/nick-cave-1153_absolutely-nothing_there-s-an-element-to-songwriting-that-i_1107790.jpg) > [When I start to write a song, I initially fall into patterns and creative habits that are familiar, and because they're familiar,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/when-i-start-to-write-a-song-i-initially-fall-into-patterns-and/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/nick-cave-1153_convincing_when-i-start-to-write-a-song-i-initially_2811171.jpg) > [It is the haunted premises of longing that the true love song inhabits. It is a howl in the void, for love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/it-is-the-haunted-premises-of-longing-that-the-true-love-song/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/nick-cave-1153_children_it-is-the-haunted-premises-of-longing-th_826986.jpg) > [My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/my-muse-is-my-wife-it-s-not-some-vague-thing-that-flutters-around-the/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/nick-cave-1153_form_my-muse-is-my-wife-it-s-not-some-vague-t_2442940.jpg) > [I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-write-a-lot-and-very-often-i-write-a-couple-of-lines-that-are/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/nick-cave-1153_change_i-write-a-lot-and-very-often-i-write-a-c_1085245.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/when-i-start-writing-songs-and-they-come-easily-i-m-always-very/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/nick-cave-1153_anxious_when-i-start-writing-songs-and-they-come_1754298.jpg) > [The editing of a song is largely what makes the song for me and I think that actually if I had started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-editing-of-a-song-is-largely-what-makes-the-song-for-me-and-i/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/nick-cave-1153_editing_the-editing-of-a-song-is-largely-what-ma_1672971.jpg) > [There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/there-are-methods-to-creating-a-mayhem-that-sounds-different-from/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/nick-cave-1153_air_there-are-methods-to-creating-a-mayhem-t_3082011.jpg) > [Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound – I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/love-songs-come-in-many-guises-and-are-seemingly-written-for-many/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/nick-cave-1153_declaration_love-songs-come-in-many-guises-and-are-s_2783043.jpg) ## Other authors on Song - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-young-70733.jpg) Neil Young 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/neil-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-petrucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-mraz-47548.jpg) Jason Mraz 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jason-mraz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/van-morrison/) ## More by Nick Cave > [Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/texting-is-apocalyptic-on-some-level-it-s-a-reduction-of-things/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [“And I know why our friendship must be kept a secret. Or they will kill You like they killed You in the Bible. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/and-i-know-why-our-friendship-must-be-kept-a-secret-or-they-will-kill/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 in three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-want-to-write-songs-that-are-so-sad-the-kind-of-sad-where-you-take/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/through-these-days-bunny-made-increasingly-frequent-and-protracted/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [Personally I find the story of Christ incredibly moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/personally-i-find-the-story-of-christ-incredibly-moving/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [ That's what we \[outsiders\] feel America is really about - the kind of crazed ravings of the Christian right - when it's probably something… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/that-s-what-we-outsiders-feel-america-is-really-about-the-kind-of/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [“My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty to protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/my-relationship-with-my-muse-is-a-delicate-one-at-the-best-of-times/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-m-kind-of-old-school-and-love-nothing-more-than-sitting-opening-a/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/early-on-i-realized-when-you-write-a-song-about-someone-it-flatters/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/my-father-was-a-teacher-and-my-mother-also-worked-in-the-school-so/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-think-it-s-an-essential-fact-for-any-performer-or-artist-to-fail-as/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/to-my-undying-shame-i-do-read-reviews-i-don-t-read-them-all-but-i/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [Brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/brother-be-a-brother-fill-this-tiny-cup-of-mine-and-please-sir-make/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [When you've been initiated, you can stand in the world differently. And I think it is up to all of us, we can have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/when-you-ve-been-initiated-you-can-stand-in-the-world-differently-and/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) > [Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/polly-jean-i-love-you-i-love-the-texture-of-your-skin-the-taste-of/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/nick-cave/#itemlist", "name": "Best Song Quotes by Nick Cave", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your pants. 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