Nick Cave Quotes
I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
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A novel is not a rant.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.
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At 9 P.M., everything goes off - and it's hard. But it's something you've got to do. I'm wasting my life.
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I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.
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Not a 'Mad Men' guy. Never got into it. I'm kind of a contrarian that way. If something gets too popular too fast before I can get on it, I just get really annoyed. Everybody tells me I'm an idiot; it's supposed to be amazing. I saw some of the second season; I loved it, but I was just detached. I didn't get into it.
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We considered the Dear Leader our god. That's huge. He's more than our parents. I thought all of the world respected Kim Il Sung. That's why we were bowing to their pictures.
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People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.
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I have my character actor side as a kid and my more leading man side. It's all been beneficial.
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It’s much easier to give up, than to put a Fight, but fighters are only people that win.
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I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
