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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.

Nick Cave

I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination.
NICK CAVE

Butting Imagination People
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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Numbness Thinking Violence
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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Comedy Moments Reaching
I’m a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.
NICK CAVE

Bigs Fans Lookout
The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.
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Artistic Labor Process
The songs that I like are the ones that you can’t visualize, that are just cries from the heart – those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.
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Heart Rocks Song
No wonder sorrow doesn’t smile much. No wonder sadness is so sad.
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Sadness Sorrow Wonder
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.
NICK CAVE

Country Moving Notion Romantic
Stars have their moments then they die.
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Dies Moments Stars
To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting.
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Difficult Hatred Years
I’m unable to really write the kind of song that doesn’t have a visual element, which most songs don’t.
NICK CAVE

Elements Song Writing
I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.
NICK CAVE

Country Invisible People Suspects
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
NICK CAVE

Heart Looks Muse Poet
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?”
NICK CAVE

Artist Needs Social
Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
NICK CAVE

Australian Country Day Happened People
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.
NICK CAVE

Anything Inspiration Office People

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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