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 CAVEThe 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.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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Sorrow’s child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.
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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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Stars have their moments then they die.
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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
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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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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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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.
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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
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The way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.
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I write hate lyrics really well. It’s not every day you can use them, really.
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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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The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn’t, it dies. It’s important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive.
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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.
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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’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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