Nick Cave Quotes

I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.

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• I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.

  

  Nick Cave The Birthday Party
  • Myself
  • Creative
  • Impulse