408 Quotes by Nick Cave

I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

Oh, a passing, skeptical kind of interest. I'm a hammer-and-nails kind of guy.

If I'm hanging around too much, my wife and kids say, 'Hey, why don't you go downstairs and start a new novel?'

God is in everything whether I'm mentioning him or not.

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

If you're involved with imagination and the creative process, it's not such a difficult thing to believe in a God. But I'm not involved in any religions, and I've never intended to make religious records or records that preach some kind of point of view.

Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother.

My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.

Outside the world of politics, one person in the world of the arts I would mention as an influence is Nick Cave, another person who has been around since the late 1970s. He has developed and changed remarkably, whilst remaining true to his vision. He has been a great help to me as well, without his knowing it.