The society of whores stuck needles in an image of me.
NICK CAVEI write hate lyrics really well. It’s not every day you can use them, really.
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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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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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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I’m unable to really write the kind of song that doesn’t have a visual element, which most songs don’t.
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Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff.
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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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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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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.
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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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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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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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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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You write a scene, and it works or it doesn’t. It’s immediate.
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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 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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