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I have to be able to see the thing that's going on that I'm writing about, or else it just doesn't make any sense to me.

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Nick Cave
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 22
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When I start to write a song, I initially fall into patterns and creative habits that are familiar, and because they're familiar, they sound convincing. It's important for me to not pursue those ideas, because I've already done them, but to find ideas that are different and feel strange to write and disconcerting to write.
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I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.
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Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It's a reduction of things.
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