All Nick Cave Quotes
- 'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. Inspiration
- It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. Australia
- It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say. American
- Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music. Australian
- L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. Full
- Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say. From
- Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated. Bourgeois
- Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work. Attempting
- Most screen violence is tedious. Funny
- My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the… Balm
- Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph. Adversarial
- Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. Act
- Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things. Apocalyptic
- The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike. Consequently
- The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something… Adaptation
- 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 are… All
- What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of… Film
- Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life. Beneficial
- Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as… Better
- You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate. Immediate