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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 Picture Quote #1

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It’s the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built out of longing great wonders have been willed they’re only little tears darling let them spill and lay your head upon my shoulder Picture Quote #1

I think it’s an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed Picture Quote #1

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

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The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor Picture Quote #1

Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There’s a lot of different ways people explain that, but, you know, I find that if I sit down and I prepare myself, generally things get done Picture Quote #1

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone’s little finger and break it in three places Picture Quote #1

I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I’m quite happy about to be honest Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The love song must be born into the realm of the irrational, absurd, the distracted, the melancholic, the obsessive, the insane for the love song is the noise of love itself and love is, of course, a form of madness Picture Quote #1

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Brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine! Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination Picture Quote #1

I am not interested in anything that doesn’t have a genuine heart to it. You’ve got to have soul in the hole. If that isn’t there, I don’t see the point Picture Quote #1

My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory Picture Quote #1

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don’t like to get my knees dirty. I don’t have a garden 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

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All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it Picture Quote #1

There’s an element to songwriting that I can’t explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can’t explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It’s like the origin of the universe Picture Quote #1

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 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

The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in some way. Apart from things like the murder ballads, the songs I write, at their core, are quite ordinary human concerns, but the process of writing about them transforms them into something else Picture Quote #1

The more settled I’ve become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level Picture Quote #1

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I don’t particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than being at the peak of one. I think it’s fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it Picture Quote #1

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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) The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It’s the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song (Nick Cave Quotes) 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 (Nick Cave Quotes) Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built out of longing great wonders have been willed they’re only little tears darling let them spill and lay your head upon my shoulder (Nick Cave Quotes) I think it’s an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed (Nick Cave Quotes) To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It’s exhausting (Nick Cave Quotes) The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor (Nick Cave Quotes) Well, as anyone who actually writes knows, if you sit down and are prepared, then the ideas come. There’s a lot of different ways people explain that, but, you know, I find that if I sit down and I prepare myself, generally things get done (Nick Cave Quotes) I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone’s little finger and break it in three places (Nick Cave Quotes) I still feel very much an imposter in the whole music scene, which I’m quite happy about to be honest (Nick Cave Quotes) 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 (Nick Cave Quotes) The love song must be born into the realm of the irrational, absurd, the distracted, the melancholic, the obsessive, the insane for the love song is the noise of love itself and love is, of course, a form of madness (Nick Cave Quotes) Brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine! (Nick Cave Quotes) I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination (Nick Cave Quotes) I am not interested in anything that doesn’t have a genuine heart to it. You’ve got to have soul in the hole. If that isn’t there, I don’t see the point (Nick Cave Quotes) My biggest fear is losing memory because memory is what we are. Your very soul and your very reason to be alive is tied up in memory (Nick Cave Quotes) 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 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) All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it (Nick Cave Quotes) There’s an element to songwriting that I can’t explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can’t explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It’s like the origin of the universe (Nick Cave Quotes) 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 (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) The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in some way. Apart from things like the murder ballads, the songs I write, at their core, are quite ordinary human concerns, but the process of writing about them transforms them into something else (Nick Cave Quotes) The more settled I’ve become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level (Nick Cave Quotes) I don’t particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than being at the peak of one. I think it’s fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it (Nick Cave Quotes)

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