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Disaster Quote by Nick Cave

“I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster.” quote by Nick Cave — Download Open image

“I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster.”

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