Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
NICK CAVEIt’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.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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I have things that I’m interested in, and I’m not really interested in writing about anything that I’m not interested in. But it’s important to me to be able to see it from a different perspective, and add something new to the whole picture.
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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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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.
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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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I think there’s a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
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Everyone wants to feel that they matter.
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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 had an obligation to creation, above all.
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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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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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Stars have their moments then they die.
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Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
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The society of whores stuck needles in an image of me.
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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.
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