Nick Cave

“I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.”

“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.”

“I don't particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than being at the peak of one. I think it's...”

“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...”

“Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing.”

“The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.”

“Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.”

“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 hijacke...”

“The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front...”

“The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.”

“The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song. What do I write...”

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

“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.”

“I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.”

“It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.”

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

“I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music.”

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

“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 al...”

“I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.”