Nick Cave Quotes
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Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something…
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At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know…
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I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an…
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An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready…
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
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I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even…
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In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down to no longer…
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I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.
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A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
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If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that.
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The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.
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There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.
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A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.
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Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.
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As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.
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At school I was an anti-magnet for women.
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Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.
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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so.
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I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.
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