408 Quotes by Nick Cave

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it!

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.

I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

And I wish that I was made of stone So that I would not have to see A beauty impossible to define A beauty impossible to believe A beauty impossible to endure The blood imparted in little sips The smell of you still on my hands As I bring the cup up to my lips No God up in the sky No devil beneath the sea Could do the job that you did, baby Of bringing me to my knees

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.

Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied.

If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things.

Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound – I have written songs for all of these reasons – but ultimately the love songs exist to fill, with language, the silence between ourselves and God, to decrease the distance between the temporal and the divine.