Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.
NICK CAVEThe way I take in the world is by seeing it; that is very much evident in the songs that I write.
More Nick Cave Quotes
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Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
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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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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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If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that.
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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
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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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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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I have a particular dislike for children’s films. I’m way past the novelty aspect.
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Everyone wants to feel that they matter.
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Stars have their moments then they die.
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No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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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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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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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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We as visual artists need to continue to be renegades and say, “Yes I am here to do a project, but what is the social service?”
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