Quotes by Nick Cave

The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, its an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter.

Guns are part of the American psyche, arent they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. Its intrinsic to the American psyche. Its never going to change.

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you cant really find a way to change those things.

After a while, you just dont do things you dont wanna do - thats 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 wont be a waste of time.

“I just found this world a hard place to be good in,’ says Bunny, then he closes his eyes and, with an expiration of breath, goes still.”

“and that makes him wish all over again that his dad would stop crying, so he can have a turn.”