Nick Cave Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.”

“Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things.”

“If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences.”

“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.”

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

“Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.”

“The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.”

“I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.”

“The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas.”

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