Nick Cave Quotes

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Nick Cave

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 22, 1957

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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I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.

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Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

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I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

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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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I've always worn suits. To me they're a very practical kind of thing to wear. You put one on and don't really have to think about what you're going to wear.

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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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I get criticized for a lot of what I write about, but as far as I'm concerned I'm actually standing up and having a look at what goes on in the minds of men, and I have the authority to talk about it because I'm a man.

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I have a very strange relationship in general with women around my music. There's some that understand it and some that think there should be a law against it.

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When you're talking about rock n' roll, myth-making is what it's all about.

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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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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.

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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.

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The idea of acting is something that absolutely repulses me. I just can't do it. I'm terrible at it. I get roped into films every now and then, and it's always a disaster.

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

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No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills. You have to be clever. I'm not really clever in that kind of way. And you have to be able to manipulate people, but at the same time allow them to feel like they are manipulating you, to get the kind of movie that you want.

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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 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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