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
My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.
Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother.
I've always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician.
I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.
I won't go into the details, but I ready myself for the day. I am a high-maintenance type of guy.
Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.
I think it's a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning.
It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live.
If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things.
What I'm resistant to is the 'Walk the Line' biopic, where you have this redemptive life done in two hours. It just doesn't wash with me. I've been there and things don't work out that way.
To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not able to do anything.
One of my big fears is drying up, and the more I create, the more I feel myself shrinking beneath the backlog of work I've done.
For me, what we didn't want was the American-style hero,
I always heard it musically, and I guess it's written rhythmically as well ... It's very similar to the way my band operates. There are moments of intense violence and there are also moments of long, lyrical, quiet sadness.