Nick Cave

Language is way more than just a way of putting across an idea. In a way the language itself is possibly more important than the idea. Or there are only a certain number of ideas, but they can be said in a variety of different ways; it’s how you say them that’s more important than what you’re saying.

I always wear a suit, Warren always wears a suit. Jim, he does. I always wanted to wear a suit as far back as I can remember, before anything; I used to look at the blues guys in their suits and think they looked really cool.

I don’t feel I wear a suit in a dandyish way. I wear it as a worker. Someone who prepares themselves for the job, you know. It’s always been like that. A certain amount of preparation needs to be done to get yourself ready to come down here and do it. It’s what I do. There’s no debate that goes on in my head.