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.
NICK CAVEThe way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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Sorrow’s child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.
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The songs that I like are the ones that you can’t visualize, that are just cries from the heart – those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.
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Stars have their moments then they die.
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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
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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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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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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’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 exchange.
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Anything that I’m doing I’m writing specifically for a particular project.
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I’ve watched ‘Oprah Winfrey.’ And I’m proud. I don’t care what anybody says! I don’t know whether I’ve watched it. I’ve been in the room while it’s been on.
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To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting.
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That’s what we [outsiders] feel America is really about – the kind of crazed ravings of the Christian right – when it’s probably something quite different.
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Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing.
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I don’t really care who collects my work, black, white, red, yellow. You have to also be consciously aware of, what does this mean in your home? And how are you supporting this work and the message behind the work?
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I write hate lyrics really well. It’s not every day you can use them, really.
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