408 Quotes by Nick Cave

Wanting everything is the thing that eventually tears you apart.

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.

I don’t think Hollywood makes many good films anymore. How many directors can you really trust to have an artistic vision, not a corporate vision or a watered-down communal one?

The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn’t, it dies. It’s important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive.

It’s an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don’t. They believe what you say.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you’re reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

You’re collaborating with people you don’t even know, when you’re making a film. You’re collaborating with people you’ve never seen. So, the collaborative process is very, very different than when you’re collaborating on a record with the musicians you’ve worked with all your life.

I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don’t like to get my knees dirty. I don’t have a garden.

Memory is imagined; it is not real. Don’t be ashamed of its need to create; it is the loveliest part of your heart. Myth is the true history. Don’t let them tell you that there are no monsters. Don’t let them make you feel stupid, just because you are happy to play down in the dark with your flashlight. The mystical world depends on you and your tolerance for the absurd. Be strong, my darling ones, and believe!