Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it’s finished. Then we start playing it and if I see that it’s too long, I’ll start cutting. Nick Cave Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The only person who can say they’re happy getting old is someone who isn’t actually old yet. Every day, I get less and less happy about that idea. Nick Cave Read Quote
Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It’s an unsightly act. Nick Cave Read Quote
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. Nick Cave Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It’s possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don’t think that’s a very fruitful way to live. Nick Cave Read Quote
