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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.

Nick Cave

We are still struggling with people who don’t feel comfortable going into museums. As a visual artist I ask how artists can be part of enacting a change.
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Artists Museum Struggle
I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
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Country Invisible People Suspects
I 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.
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Balls Thinking Years
Sorrow’s child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.
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Children Grieving Past
I’m unable to really write the kind of song that doesn’t have a visual element, which most songs don’t.
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Elements Song Writing
Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
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Beneficial Levels Writing
You write a scene, and it works or it doesn’t. It’s immediate.
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Immediate Scene Writing
The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.
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Artistic Labor Process
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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Real Records World
And she moves among the sparrows. And she floats upon the breeze. She moves among the flowers. She moves something deep inside of me
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Flower Moving Sparrow
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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Country Moving Notion Romantic
I’m a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
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Bigs Fans Lookout
I think there’s a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.
NICK CAVE

Numbness Thinking Violence
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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Important Perspective Writing
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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Anything Inspiration Office People
It’s very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it’s done by the seat of your pants. There’s a kind of nervy element about it.
NICK CAVE

Adventure Element Important

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