I write songs in batches and then record them and then can’t write again for ages. I try and build one song upon another, they may not obviously look inter-related but often one song acts as a springboard into another.
NICK CAVETexting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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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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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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Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
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Everyone wants to feel that they matter.
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I’m not religious, and I’m not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.
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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 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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Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.
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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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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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In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror.
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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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It’s always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they’re going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical.
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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 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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