408 Quotes by Nick Cave

My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.

Personally I find the story of Christ incredibly moving.

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

Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.

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.

After a while, you just don’t do things you don’t wanna do – that’s the great freedom you get, the older you get. You learn what to do and what not to do, and what will be a waste of time and what won’t be a waste of time.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone’s little finger and break it in three places.

At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That’s the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration.

It’s a wonderful life if you can find it.