Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward "Nick" Caveis an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor. He is best known as the frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1983, a group known for its diverse output and ever-evolving line-up. Prior to this, he fronted the Birthday Party, one of the most extreme and confrontational post-punk bands of the early 1980s. In 2006, he formed the garage rock band Grinderman, releasing its debut album the following year...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth22 September 1957
CountryAustralia
I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're experiencing it in a completely different way and hearing stuff that they're alerted to because the way the interpret the world is through their ears. Mine is through my eyes.
I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.
I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.
Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.
As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.
The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter.
A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.
There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.
The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.
A gentleman never talks about his tailor.
I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.
The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.
I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.