An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.
At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration.
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.
I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.
I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.
I think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year.
I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things.
I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.
People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
John Lee Hooker is Cave's favorite bluesman and continued inspiration.
He fell in love with fashion stylist Viviane Carneiro at a consert in Brazil in 1989. Their son, Luke, was born in 1991. The couple broke up, but are still good friends.
Cave was a problematic, attention-seeking child. He was absent from sports and was placed in special classes in the art block.
Ian Johnston wrote Nick Caves biography in 1995.
In the time span 1989- 2001 Nick has written 4 books; And the Ass Saw the Angel (1989) King Ink (1988), King Ink II (1997) and Complete Lyrics (2001).
His song Red Right Hand has been used in many productions such as the movies Scream, Scream 2, scream 3, Dumb and Dumber, and the TV series X-Files.
Nick's mother was a librarian, and his father worked as a teacher and lecturer in English.
Johnny Cash covered Cave's song The Mercy Seat on his album American III: Solitary Man (2000).
The song, Where the Wild Roses Grow, that he did with fellow Australian Kylie Minouge won three ARIA Awards.
His 1984 debut novel is called And the Ass Saw the Angel.
His father was killed in a car accident in 1978.
He sang the duet Where the Wild Roses Grow with Kylie Minogue, in 1995.
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