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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.

Nick Cave

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
NICK CAVE

Heart Looks Muse Poet
I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don’t like to get my knees dirty. I don’t have a garden.
NICK CAVE

Dirty Garden Knees
Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.
NICK CAVE

Disaster Limitation Wonderful
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.
NICK CAVE

Art Beautiful Inspire
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
Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff.
NICK CAVE

Country Ordinary People Sound
I’ve always had an obligation to creation, above all.
NICK CAVE

Always Creation Obligation
No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
NICK CAVE

Sadness Sorrow Wonder
Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
NICK CAVE

Australian Country Day Happened People
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.
NICK CAVE

Leaving Mind People
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.
NICK CAVE

Country Grew Influence
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.
NICK CAVE

Comedy Moments Reaching
Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
NICK CAVE

Betrayal Film Violence
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.
NICK CAVE

Christian Country Different People
Stars have their moments then they die.
NICK CAVE

Dies Moments Stars
The way I go about writing records is that I make a calendar date to start the new record, so I have nothing. I don’t have a bunch of notes that I bring into the office, I start with nothing at all.
NICK CAVE

Calendars Office Writing

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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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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