You write a scene, and it works or it doesn’t. It’s immediate.
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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And I kissed away a thousand tears My lady of the Various Sorrows Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen Some kept safe for tomorrow.
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Sorrow’s child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.
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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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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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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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To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting.
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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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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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I’ve watched ‘Oprah Winfrey.’ And I’m proud. I don’t care what anybody says! I don’t know whether I’ve watched it. I’ve been in the room while it’s been on.
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I’ve always had an obligation to creation, above all.
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The society of whores stuck needles in an image of me.
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I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination.
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I love rock-n-roll. I think it’s an exciting art form. It’s revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.
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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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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.
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