Nick Cave Quotes

“It seems to me, that if we love, we grieve. That’s the deal. That’s the pact. Grief and love are forever intertwined. Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief is non-negotiable.”
― Nick Cave

“I was about 12 years old and I was sitting watching the television and it was some kind of talent show, you know, and on marches this monkey, this ape, in a pair of red-checked trousers with a little matching jacket holding a ukelele and it started jigging around playing it, and it was looking straight into the camera, straight at me, and I remember thinking, that's it, that'll be me, you know, that'll be me.”
― Nick Cave

“I saw a sick man pick up his instrument and be well”
― Nick Cave, The Sick Bag Song

“Then he smiles because he knows deep in his bones that his dad has gone and said something really funny probably. He kicks off his sheet and slides his feet into his slippers. Bunny sits in the living room, slumped low on the sofa, full of Geoffrey's Scotch and Poodle's cocaine.”
― Nick Cave, The Death of Bunny Munro

“There are those who work so they can stop.
Stopping is the why of work.
There are those who stop so they can work.
Working is the why of work.”
― Nick Cave, The Sick Bag Song

“I’m not really interested in the audience’s enjoyment,' Cave mumbles once he has changed into clean pants. 'It doesn’t bother me one way or another. I just don’t give a shit. People feel more and more disappointed with each concert because less and less happens. It’s really easy to suck an audience in. Like, I can wiggle my bum and back-flip on my head and they love it. I could make an audience love me until the end of my days. There’s just no point in it any more. I wish they’d just ... die.”
― Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Nick Cave Interview

“In een van de gedichten in 'Wat koop ik voor jouw donkerwilde machten, Willem' schuurt Nick Cave de plinten in mijn atelier. Sommige mensen zeggen dan, Benders, je hebt te veel fantasie, maar het is helemaal geen kwestie van fantasie, als je even verder leest staat overduidelijk vermeld dat het om een heitje voor karweitje gaat.”
― Martijn Benders