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 CAVETo sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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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 write hate lyrics really well. It’s not every day you can use them, really.
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are.
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Jesus Christ was the biggest blight on the human race, he was. And all them socialists and communists – second rate Christianity.
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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 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’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination.
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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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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
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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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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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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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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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