--- title: "30 Way Quotes By Nick Cave" description: "30 Way quotes by Nick Cave. Plus more from Nick Cave and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/nick-cave-1153_fruitful_it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-withou_1752219.jpg" --- > [It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-without-a-religious-structure-but-i/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/nick-cave-1153_fruitful_it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-withou_1752219.jpg) > [Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/self-editing-is-the-way-i-write-ten-verses-of-a-song-and-it-s/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/nick-cave-1153_cutting_self-editing-is-the-way-i-write-ten-vers_3083612.jpg) > [I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-have-a-particular-dislike-for-children-s-films-i-m-way-past-the/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/nick-cave-1153_aspect_i-have-a-particular-dislike-for-children_2545878.jpg) > [The way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-way-i-take-in-the-world-is-by-seeing-it-that-is-very-much-evident/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/nick-cave-1153_evident_the-way-i-take-in-the-world-is-by-seeing_2929758.jpg) > [I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-m-a-kind-of-hard-wired-pessimist-i-can-t-help-but-see-the-world-in/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/nick-cave-1153_certain_i-m-a-kind-of-hard-wired-pessimist-i-can_2310680.jpg) > [I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-see-it-as-my-duty-in-some-way-is-to-be-out-in-the-world-as-an/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/nick-cave-1153_australian_i-see-it-as-my-duty-in-some-way-is-to-be_2454177.jpg) > [Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/most-of-the-time-feelings-just-seem-to-get-in-the-way-they-re-a/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/nick-cave-1153_bourgeois_most-of-the-time-feelings-just-seem-to-g_791838.jpg) > [The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-band-is-a-living-breathing-thing-it-grows-in-the-same-way-we-do/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/nick-cave-1153_alive_the-band-is-a-living-breathing-thing-it_1281913.jpg) > [Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There's a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/well-as-anyone-who-actually-writes-knows-if-you-sit-down-and-are/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/nick-cave-1153_different_well-as-anyone-who-actually-writes-knows_871023.jpg) > [I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-know-when-i-sit-with-my-band-members-and-we-re-playing-back-a-song/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/nick-cave-1153_band_i-know-when-i-sit-with-my-band-members-a_3175275.jpg) > [I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-m-not-saying-this-in-a-condescending-kind-of-way-but-it-s-quite/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/nick-cave-1153_america_i-m-not-saying-this-in-a-condescending-k_2082081.jpg) > [I'm not someone who's particularly in touch with the way they feel. I've heard it said that you should be a 'human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-m-not-someone-who-s-particularly-in-touch-with-the-way-they-feel-i/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/nick-cave-1153_being_i-m-not-someone-who-s-particularly-in-to_2356440.jpg) > [I'm always sort of looking for projects that I can sort of put out into the world, into the public sphere, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-m-always-sort-of-looking-for-projects-that-i-can-sort-of-put-out/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/nick-cave-1153_able_i-m-always-sort-of-looking-for-projects_2780337.jpg) > [What I'm resistant to is the 'Walk the Line' biopic, where you have this redemptive life done in two hours. It just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/what-i-m-resistant-to-is-the-walk-the-line-biopic-where-you-have-this/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/nick-cave-1153_been_what-i-m-resistant-to-is-the-walk-the-li_2520806.jpg) > [In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/in-getting-older-i-find-myself-becoming-progressively-more/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/nick-cave-1153_becoming_in-getting-older-i-find-myself-becoming_1342449.jpg) > [It was about the preciousness of that, and how they viewed those birds as art, as something valuable. I didn't care one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/it-was-about-the-preciousness-of-that-and-how-they-viewed-those-birds/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/nick-cave-1153_alive_it-was-about-the-preciousness-of-that-an_2855303.jpg) > [The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-idea-of-songwriting-is-a-transformative-thing-and-what-i-do-with/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/nick-cave-1153_ballads_the-idea-of-songwriting-is-a-transformat_1204697.jpg) > [The reason I've gotten into script-writing, which was accidental to begin with, was that I found it was a far more effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-reason-i-ve-gotten-into-script-writing-which-was-accidental-to/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/nick-cave-1153_ballads_the-reason-i-ve-gotten-into-script-writi_2895062.jpg) > [It's very intuitive, the way that I approach my work. I only buy something that has a pulse. I may not know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/it-s-very-intuitive-the-way-that-i-approach-my-work-i-only-buy/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/nick-cave-1153_approach_it-s-very-intuitive-the-way-that-i-appro_1663475.jpg) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/no-i-wouldn-t-direct-a-movie-no-i-couldn-t-i-don-t-have-the-patience/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/nick-cave-1153_able_no-i-wouldn-t-direct-a-movie-no-i-couldn_221578.jpg) > [You know, an idea is just an idea. There seems to... the kind of epiphanies that you have, like the little sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/you-know-an-idea-is-just-an-idea-there-seems-to-the-kind-of/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/nick-cave-1153_behinds_you-know-an-idea-is-just-an-idea-there-s_2445036.jpg) > [I've had to try and find a way over the years of writing narratively that doesn't really require you to sit down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-ve-had-to-try-and-find-a-way-over-the-years-of-writing-narratively/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/nick-cave-1153_albums_i-ve-had-to-try-and-find-a-way-over-the_1766764.jpg) > [The last thing I ever wanted to get involved with is Hollywood. The way it works is that people get an idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-last-thing-i-ever-wanted-to-get-involved-with-is-hollywood-the/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/nick-cave-1153_chance_the-last-thing-i-ever-wanted-to-get-invo_2719773.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) > [I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-consider-myself-to-be-first-and-foremost-a-comic-writer-the-way-i/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/nick-cave-1153_comic_i-consider-myself-to-be-first-and-foremo_2374615.jpg) > [If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/if-you-re-australian-you-feel-it-in-your-bones-because-you-re-at-odds/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/nick-cave-1153_always_if-you-re-australian-you-feel-it-in-your_2862233.jpg) > [The way I go about writing records is that I make a calendar date to start the new record, so I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-way-i-go-about-writing-records-is-that-i-make-a-calendar-date-to/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/nick-cave-1153_bunch_the-way-i-go-about-writing-records-is-th_1670798.jpg) > [I used to believe that if I could do certain things - write a book or be a successful musician - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/i-used-to-believe-that-if-i-could-do-certain-things-write-a-book-or/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/nick-cave-1153_believe_i-used-to-believe-that-if-i-could-do-cer_1221163.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) > [People often can't separate, or can't understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it's a way of pulling people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/people-often-can-t-separate-or-can-t-understand-that-to-be-funny-is/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/nick-cave-1153_anxiety_people-often-can-t-separate-or-can-t-und_1422833.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/nick-cave/#itemlist", "name": "30 Way Quotes By Nick Cave", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nick Cave" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-without-a-religious-structure-but-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/nick-cave-1153_fruitful_it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-withou_1752219.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/nick-cave-1153_fruitful_it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-withou_1752219.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/nick-cave-1153_fruitful_it-s-possible-to-get-through-life-withou_1752219.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful…” — Nick Cave", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Self-editing is the way I write. 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