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I don't like those songs where you have to listen to a story to get into them. I don't want to have to pay attention to music in that way, I just want it to hit me in the heart and do what music's supposed to do.

Nick Cave

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Nick Cave
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 22
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