I have a particular dislike for children’s films. I’m way past the novelty aspect.
NICK CAVEI 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.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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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.
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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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Guns are part of the American psyche, aren’t they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It’s intrinsic to the American psyche. It’s never going to change.
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And she moves among the sparrows. And she floats upon the breeze. She moves among the flowers. She moves something deep inside of me
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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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Anything that I’m doing I’m writing specifically for a particular project.
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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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Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying 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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I’ve always done a lot of research and stuff around the songs that I write so there are pages and pages of writing and you can kind of see these songs emerging.
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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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If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that.
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Everyone wants to feel that they matter.
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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