Sorrow’s child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.
NICK CAVEI love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you’re reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
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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 new.
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The way I go about writing records is that I make a calendar date to start the new record, so I have nothing. I don’t have a bunch of notes that I bring into the office, I start with nothing at all.
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I’m a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
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The body becomes the carrier for the work. It’s not really about the physical body; it really becomes the apparatus that carries and moves the work. I don’t really consider the body as much; I look at it as a tool.
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The singing tells everybody what to do musically.
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My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I’m quite like that in real life as well.
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I write hate lyrics really well. It’s not every day you can use them, really.
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I have a particular dislike for children’s films. I’m way past the novelty aspect.
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Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.
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Inspiration is a word used by people who aren’t really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I’m in Brighton and work. Whether I feel like it or not is irrelevant.
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You write a scene, and it works or it doesn’t. It’s immediate.
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I’m not in the business of telling people what to do. I’m much more in the business of describing things, situations and stuff like that and leaving them out there, and you can make up your minds about them.
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I’m an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American – blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.
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The way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.
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