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I have a particular dislike for children’s films. I’m way past the novelty aspect.

Nick Cave

Anything that I’m doing I’m writing specifically for a particular project.
NICK CAVE

Particular Projects Writing
When I’m singing “Deanna,” for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular person, which I find really comforting and exciting to sing about.
NICK CAVE

Comforting Lying Night
Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
NICK CAVE

Australian Country Day Happened People
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
Sorrow’s child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.
NICK CAVE

Children Grieving Past
I’m a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
NICK CAVE

Bigs Fans Lookout
My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I’m quite like that in real life as well.
NICK CAVE

Real Records World
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.
NICK CAVE

Artists Museum Struggle
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
The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love for just as goodness cannot be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil.
NICK CAVE

Air Heart Writing
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
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.
NICK CAVE

Business People Risky Trying
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 CAVE

Book Ideas Writing
I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
NICK CAVE

Country Invisible People Suspects
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

Heart Rocks Song
The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.
NICK CAVE

Artistic Labor Process

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