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Nick Cave, born on September 22, 1957, is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter. His musical career began in the 1970s, known for his distinctive voice and profound lyrics. Cave's musical style is versatile, spanning from rock to folk and gothic rock. His work often delves into themes of humanity, religion, and death.

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“Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love every inch and every part of your entire body. From your toes and the beautifully curved arches of your feet, to the exceptional shade and warmth of your dark hair. I need you in my life, I hope you need me too.”

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“The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important.”

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“Songs need to have the ability to change and to grow for sure. They take on lives of their own. Some songs just don't have that capacity. They're locked within a period of time. And as soon as you take them out of that period of time, they die very quickly.”

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“Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage an audience. They need to be able to involve their own imaginations as well. They don't need everything thrust down their throat, and I have a tendency to do that. I always have had a tendency to do that.”

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“We as visual artists need to continue to be renegades and say, "Yes I am here to do a project, but what is the social service?"”

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“A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.”

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“The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.”

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“My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a songwriter you need something to hang a song on, to give it some kind of presence and form. For me, Susie is that.”

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“The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.”

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“It is the haunted premises of longing that the true love song inhabits. It is a howl in the void, for love and for comfort and it lives on the lips of the child crying for his mother. It is the song of the lover in need of her loved one, the raving of the lunatic supplicant petitioning his God...The love song is the sound of our endeavors to become God-like, to rise up and above the earthbound and the mediocre.”

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Born: September 22, 1957
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