Nick Cave: Trending quotes (page 5)

“Blind Lemon Jefferson is a-comin',
Tap tap tappin', with his cane.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), Blind Lemon Jefferson

“Let there be no sadness, no sorrow,
Let there be no road too narrow,
There'll be a new day, and it's today,
For all of us.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, Tender Prey (1988), New Morning

Sadness

“One morn I awakened, a new sun was shining,
The sky was a kingdom, all covered in blood.
The moon and the stars, where the troops that lay conquered,
Like food left to wither, poor spirital food.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, Tender Prey (1988), New Morning

Food , Star , Sun

“God is in everything whether I’m mentioning him or not.”

Nick Cave

Cave's response to an interviewer calling Grinderman a "secular record"
"The Daily Grind" http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=5536, HARP Magazine (May, 2007)
God and religion

God

“My baby is alright,
She doesn't mind a bit of dirt,
She says 'Horror vampire bat bite, sex vampire, how I wish those bats would bite',
Woooooah! Bite! Bite! Release the bats!”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, Junkyard (1982), Release the Bats

Sex , Baby

“In a clap-board shack with a roof of tin,
Where the rain came down and leaked within,
A young mother frozen on a concrete floor,
With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), Tupelo

Box

“Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.”

Nick Cave

The Daily Telegraph (November 20, 1997)
Love and relationships

Love

“The brutality of the Old Testament inspired me, the stories and grand gestures. I wrote that stuff up and it influenced the way I saw the world. What I'm trying to say is I didn't walk around in a rage thinking God is a hateful god. I was influenced by looking at the Bible, and it suited me in my life vision at the time to see things in that way. …. After a while I started to feel a little kinder and warmer to the world, and at the same time started to read the New Testament.”

Nick Cave

"Interview with Old Nick" http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/feb/23/popandrock.features, The Guardian (February 23, 2008)
God and religion

Life , God , Hate , World

“I just made a simple gesture,
They jumped up and nailed it to my shadow,
My gesture was a hooker,
You know, my shadow's made of timber.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), Black Crow King

“Do I personally believe in a personal God? No.”

Nick Cave

Interview in the Guardian in 2009. Nick Cave on the Death of Bunny Munroe. The Guardian Books Podcast, September 11, 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2009/sep/10/nick-cave-bunny-munro
God and religion

God , Personality

“The sound is beautiful, it's perfect!
The sound of her young legs in stockings,
The rhythm of her walk, it's beautiful!
Just let it twist, let it break,
Let it buckle, let it bend,
I want to hear the noise of my Zoo-Music Girl.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, Prayers on Fire (1981), Zoo-Music Girl

Beauty , Music , Girl , Perfection

“O ah hear her walkin',
Walkin' barefoot 'cross the floor-boards,
All thru this lonesome night,
And ah hear her crying too.
Hot-tears come splashin' down,
Leaking thru the cracks,
Down upon my face, ah catch'em in my mouth!”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, From Her to Eternity (1984), From Her to Eternity

Tear , Cry , Night

“Numbin' the runt of reputation they call rat frame,
Top-E as a tourniquet,
A low tune whistles across his grave,
Forever the slave of his Six Strings.”

Nick Cave

Song lyrics, The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), The Six Strings That Drew Blood