Quotes by Nick Cave

About Nick Cave:

Nicholas Edward is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor. He is best known as the frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1983, a group known for its diverse output and ever-evolving line-up. Prior to this, he fronted the Birthday Party, one of the most extreme and confrontational post-punk bands of the early 1980s. In 2006, he formed the garage rock band Grinderman, releasing its debut album the following year.
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A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

Nick Cave

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

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'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.

Nick Cave

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

Nick Cave

I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.

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I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

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At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.

Nick Cave

A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.

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My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a songwriter you need something to hang a song on, to give it some kind of presence and form. For me, Susie is that.

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It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.

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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. ...

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Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for someone to attempt to jump from the bottom to the top of the pyramid.

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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.

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The guitar is something you kind of embrace, and the piano is something you kind of - when you play it, you sort of push it away. It feels very different.

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To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not able to do anything.

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I've always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician.

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I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.

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I think it's a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning.

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I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.

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Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

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It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.

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Author Bio

  • NameNick Cave
  • DescriptionAustralian musician
  • BornSeptember 22, 1957
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionActor; Musician; Singer; Composer; Novelist; Writer; Librettist