But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . . Nick Cave More Quotes by Nick Cave More Quotes From Nick Cave I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief. Nick Cave creativewritingbelieve 'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. Nick Cave usedinspirationpeople In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror. Nick Cave pantssorrowclass Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are. Nick Cave limitationdisasterwonderful I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange. Nick Cave beautifulinspireart My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits. Nick Cave liftskindspirit People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions. Nick Cave miserablepeoplethinking I've never been interested in being relevant. Nick Cave relevant 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. Nick Cave elementssomewhere-elsesong You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate. Nick Cave scenewriting The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor. Nick Cave artisticlaborprocess I look at you and you look at me and deep in our hearts know it That you weren't much of a muse, but then I weren't much of a poet Nick Cave museheartlooks 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 fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it. Nick Cave love-isbelievethinking One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full of that kind of stuff, whether it's true or untrue. It staggers me: why, in the short space assigned to a person or an event, that kind of random information is there. To be honest, that's wonderful fuel for songwriting. Nick Cave wikipediaeventsspace 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. Nick Cave reachingcomedymoments Death looms large I guess because it should. It's the one thing that we as human beings from birth have a right to. It's the only thing we've really got, and I don't mean to sound bleak about this, but it's a unifying factor amongst us all. Nick Cave birthsoundmean I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. Nick Cave essentialsartistthinking be mindful of the prayers you send Nick Cave prayermenmoving After a while, you just don't do things you don't wanna do - that's 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 won't be a waste of time. Nick Cave great-freedomwasting-timewaste Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come. Nick Cave grievingchildrenpast
