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" 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. "

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" 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

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" Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you. "

" A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh. "

" I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion. "

" 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. "

" I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar. "

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

" The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song. What do I write about? I never know. "

" 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. "

" L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. "

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

" 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. "

" Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can. "

" It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. "

Nick Cave

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" To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not able to do anything. "

Nick Cave

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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. "

" 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. "

" As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. "

" I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people. "

" 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. "

" There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe. "

" I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the fact that you are encouraged to buy a gun, but if you use it for the purpose that it is expressly designed for, you get the death penalty. That aspect of America is kind of mystifying. "

" Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. "

" I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden. "

" I'm hugely self-critical in the morning. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. "

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

Nick Cave

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