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.
NICK CAVEIn the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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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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Everyone wants to feel that they matter.
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Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
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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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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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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 write hate lyrics really well. It’s not every day you can use them, really.
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Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.
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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’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination.
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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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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
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You write a scene, and it works or it doesn’t. It’s immediate.
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We as visual artists need to continue to be renegades and say, “Yes I am here to do a project, but what is the social service?”
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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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