“My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty… — 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
Songs need to have the ability to change and to grow for sure. They take on lives of their own. Some songs… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“The boy will grow older, and over time there will be other songs – not many – ten or maybe twenty in… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings… — 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
There are times when I think I can sing it better, but usually I find that I can't. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“...because once you've got one scar on your face or your heart, its only a matter of time before someone gives you… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I am damned,' thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die.” — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“Oh, we will know, won't we? The stars will explode in the sky Oh, but they don't, do they? Stars have their… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
After a while, you just don't do things you don't wanna do - that's the great freedom you get, the older you… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
It was about the preciousness of that, and how they viewed those birds as art, as something valuable. I didn't care one… — 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
Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say. — 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