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 dayhappyidea Change image and share on social
My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well. Nick Cave basicallycomplaintlife Change image and share on social
I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar. Nick Cave electricfightguitar Change image and share on social
I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs. Nick Cave catalogleavemassive Change image and share on social
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 clueguykind Change image and share on social
Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work. Nick Cave attemptmusepeople Change image and share on social
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. Nick Cave cleverdirectfeel share on social
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. Nick Cave australianbehavebone share on social
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 fruitfullifelive Change image and share on social
If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. Nick Cave autumncomplacencydisease Change image and share on social