Nick Cave Quotes
I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
Quotes to Explore
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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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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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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'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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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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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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Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough, and a little encouragement from the current mood will procure them successes that bring endless imitators in their trail. On the other hand saying good things about life in general and individuals in particular and making it interesting is a serious task which few can achieve with credit.
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Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.
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I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
