Nick Cave Quotes

It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your pants. There's a kind of nervy element about it.

Nick Cave The Birthday Party

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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.

M. Ward
- People
- Music
- Luxury
As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.

Ian Anderson
- People
- Music
- Trying
There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.

Imogen Heap
- Music
- Always
- Star
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

Gary Lucas
- Time
- Music
- Listening
I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.

Verite
- People
- Music
- Control
I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

P. J. Harvey
- Good
- Music
- Soul