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.
NICK CAVEI think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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I look at you and you look at me and deep in our hearts know it That you weren’t much of a muse, but then I weren’t much of a poet
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Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.
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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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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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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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I have things that I’m interested in, and I’m not really interested in writing about anything that I’m not interested in. But it’s important to me to be able to see it from a different perspective, and add something new to the whole picture.
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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 have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don’t like to get my knees dirty. I don’t have a garden.
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I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you’re reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.
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I am not interested in anything that doesn’t have a genuine heart to it. You’ve got to have soul in the hole. If that isn’t there, I don’t see the point.
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A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
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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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Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music.
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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
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