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Nick Cave Quotes

Guns are part of the American psyche, aren’t they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It’s intrinsic to the American psyche. It’s never going to change Picture Quote #1

I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to write stuff I find funny Picture Quote #1

I don’t have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the fact that you are encouraged to buy a gun, but if you use it for the purpose that it is expressly designed for, you get the death penalty. That aspect of America is kind of mystifying Picture Quote #1

I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the ‘Johnny Cash Show’ on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or 10 years old. At that stage I had really no idea about rock n’ roll. I watched him, and from that point I saw that music could be an evil thing - a beautiful, evil thing Picture Quote #1

I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the language and the stories. I felt that the God being talked about there, who was this insane, vindictive patriarch - it was kind of thrilling, and titillated something in me at the time Picture Quote #1

I’m not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it’s quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing. Australia has a much murkier, much more complex view of its history. It’s just full of all these open wounds we don’t really know what to do with Picture Quote #1

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If you’re Australian, you feel it in your bones because you’re at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences Picture Quote #1

There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end up sounding like Green Day or something. But if you put a different beat within it to create some air and lightness, the chaos comes through better Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not a corporate vision or a watered-down communal one? Picture Quote #1

A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman’s going to be the answer Picture Quote #1

Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love every inch and every part of your entire body. From your toes and the beautifully curved arches of your feet, to the exceptional shade and warmth of your dark hair. I need you in my life, I hope you need me too Picture Quote #1

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As people buy less and less records, it’s become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We’re not so precious about it Picture Quote #1

My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I’m quite like that in real life as well Picture Quote #1

I’m an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing Picture Quote #1

People often can’t separate, or can’t understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it’s a way of pulling people in and not scaring them off. I think a lot of the funny stuff, underneath it, there’s a deep anxiety going on Picture Quote #1

If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things Picture Quote #1

I know when I sit with my band members and we’re playing back a song that we’ve done, I know that they’re experiencing it in a completely different way and hearing stuff that they’re alerted to because the way the interpret the world is through their ears. Mine is through my eyes Picture Quote #1

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Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you’re pushed to the limit constantly Picture Quote #1

The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn’t, it dies. It’s important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive Picture Quote #1

Despite what people might think, I’m not interested in being dark all the time. I’m actually searching for some kind of light, and I’m always very happy when I can achieve that Picture Quote #1

People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I’m somehow letting the team down Picture Quote #1

I think it’s a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning Picture Quote #1

With writing a song, I’ve always felt, right from the start, like I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don’t ever feel there’s a font of ideas to fall back on Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They’re a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting Picture Quote #1

I’m not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I’ve done wonders for the feminist movement Picture Quote #1

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Guns are part of the American psyche, aren’t they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It’s intrinsic to the American psyche. It’s never going to change (Nick Cave Quotes) I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to write stuff I find funny (Nick Cave Quotes) I don’t have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the fact that you are encouraged to buy a gun, but if you use it for the purpose that it is expressly designed for, you get the death penalty. That aspect of America is kind of mystifying (Nick Cave Quotes) I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the ‘Johnny Cash Show’ on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or 10 years old. At that stage I had really no idea about rock n’ roll. I watched him, and from that point I saw that music could be an evil thing - a beautiful, evil thing (Nick Cave Quotes) I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the language and the stories. I felt that the God being talked about there, who was this insane, vindictive patriarch - it was kind of thrilling, and titillated something in me at the time (Nick Cave Quotes) I’m not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it’s quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing. Australia has a much murkier, much more complex view of its history. It’s just full of all these open wounds we don’t really know what to do with (Nick Cave Quotes) If you’re Australian, you feel it in your bones because you’re at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences (Nick Cave Quotes) There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end up sounding like Green Day or something. But if you put a different beat within it to create some air and lightness, the chaos comes through better (Nick Cave Quotes) 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 Quotes) I don’t think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not a corporate vision or a watered-down communal one? (Nick Cave Quotes) A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman’s going to be the answer (Nick Cave Quotes) Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love every inch and every part of your entire body. From your toes and the beautifully curved arches of your feet, to the exceptional shade and warmth of your dark hair. I need you in my life, I hope you need me too (Nick Cave Quotes) As people buy less and less records, it’s become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We’re not so precious about it (Nick Cave Quotes) My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I’m quite like that in real life as well. (Nick Cave Quotes) I’m an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing. (Nick Cave Quotes) People often can’t separate, or can’t understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it’s a way of pulling people in and not scaring them off. I think a lot of the funny stuff, underneath it, there’s a deep anxiety going on. (Nick Cave Quotes) If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things. (Nick Cave Quotes) I know when I sit with my band members and we’re playing back a song that we’ve done, I know that they’re experiencing it in a completely different way and hearing stuff that they’re alerted to because the way the interpret the world is through their ears. Mine is through my eyes. (Nick Cave Quotes) Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you’re pushed to the limit constantly. (Nick Cave Quotes) The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn’t, it dies. It’s important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive. (Nick Cave Quotes) Despite what people might think, I’m not interested in being dark all the time. I’m actually searching for some kind of light, and I’m always very happy when I can achieve that. (Nick Cave Quotes) People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I’m somehow letting the team down. (Nick Cave Quotes) I think it’s a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning (Nick Cave Quotes) With writing a song, I’ve always felt, right from the start, like I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don’t ever feel there’s a font of ideas to fall back on. (Nick Cave Quotes) 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. (Nick Cave Quotes) 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. (Nick Cave Quotes) Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They’re a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated. (Nick Cave Quotes) 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. (Nick Cave Quotes) To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting. (Nick Cave Quotes) I’m not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I’ve done wonders for the feminist movement. (Nick Cave Quotes)

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