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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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?

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I'm a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.

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Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

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You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.

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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.

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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.

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I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.

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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.

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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 le...

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What I'm resistant to is the 'Walk the Line' biopic, where you have this redemptive life done in two hours. It just doesn't wash with me. I've been there and things don't work out that way.

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Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

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My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.

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There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

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It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live.

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I've spent my life butting my head against other people's lack of imagination.

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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.

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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.

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Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room to move within a relationship. A song can kind of get the girl, for sure.

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Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.

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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.

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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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Author Bio

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