408 Quotes by Nick Cave

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

People think I’m a miserable sod but it’s only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

Death looms large I guess because it should. It’s the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It’s the only thing we’ve really got, and I don’t mean to sound bleak about this, but it’s a unifying factor amongst us all.

I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination.

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.

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.

Rock music is the province of the young, and it should be made by young people. I’m not running around in a pair of spandex tights trying to reclaim my youth.

I don’t really do Japanese interviews. I don’t think there’s much call for me in Japan.

I don’t believe in an interventionist God.