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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. "
Nick Cave
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" I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs. "
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" At school I was an anti-magnet for women. "
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" It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. "
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" 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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" With writing a song, I've always felt, right from the start, like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel. I don't ever feel there's a font of ideas to fall back on. "
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" People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I'm somehow letting the team down. "
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" I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion. "
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" The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas. "
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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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" When I'm singing 'Deanna,' for example, which I sing pretty much every night, it brings forward a kind of imagined, romanticized lie about this particular person, which I find really comforting and exciting to sing about. "
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" L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. "
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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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" 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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" I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so. "
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" I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing. "
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" My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits. "
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" The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new. "
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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 level. "
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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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" I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books. "
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" I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange. "
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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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" The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star. "
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" 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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" Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things. "
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" The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn't, it dies. It's important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive. "
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