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" I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so. "
Nick Cave
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" It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. "
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" As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. "
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Real
Makeup
" 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. You say things and there are silences. "
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" Personally I find the story of Christ incredibly moving. "
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Moving
" You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate. "
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" If I'm hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, 'Hey, why don't you go downstairs and start a new novel?' "
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You
Why
" Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. "
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Horrible
" 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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" When you're making a film, there are so many people involved that you get opinions and notes from people and you don't even know who they are. I find that quite difficult and it wears you down. "
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Down
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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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You
Moving
" 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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Way
World
" When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like. "
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Kind
Any
Audience
" My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education. "
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Family
Education
Father
" L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. "
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Occupation
Why
Thankless
" I've always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician. "
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Whole
Musician
Like
" It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say. "
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Believe
Say
Find
" I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan. "
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Me
Think
Call
" 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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Feel
Kind
Patience
" 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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Minds
Authority
Look
" Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music. "
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Music
Australian
Happened
" I've always had an obligation to creation, above all. "
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Obligation
Always
Creation
" Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say. "
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Look
Say
Back
" I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in that regard. If I can maintain that approach to screenwriting, it can continue to be enjoyable. "
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Outsider
Write
Writer
" 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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Girl
Early
Relationship
" I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion. "
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Feel
Taste
Fashion
" I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect. "
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Dislike
Way
Past
" Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life. "
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Writing
My Life
" 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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People
Anxiety
Funny
" I've spent my life butting my head against other people's lack of imagination. "
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People
Head
" An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany. "
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Always