Oh! God! Please let me die beneath her fists! — Nick Cave

"The actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist."

"Oh! Yer! What a wonderful life! Fats Domino on the radio!"

"Pilgrim gets 1 hacked daughter, And all we get are 40 hack reporters, Uptown 100 skirts are bleeding, And Mr. Evangilist says Shes hit, evry little bit."

"If youre involved with imagination and the creative process, its not such a difficult thing to believe in a God. But Im not involved in any religions, and Ive never intended to make religious records or records that preach some kind of point of view."

"I dont particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than being at the peak of one. I think its fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it. But I wouldnt like to dwell on it. Perhaps you could lighten up a bit."

"Do I personally believe in a personal God? No."