Brendan, I wish I could write political songs, there are some great ones out there. It would all be much simpler, more certain, and dependable – get up in the morning, go online, get enraged, turn it into verse, inspire thousands, change the world – but I’m just not that kind of songwriter. I’m not trying to save the world, Brendan, I’m trying to save the soul of the world.
Nick Cave – The Red Hand Files – Issue #330 – This is a question about music not death or anything like that, (have you ever started writing a song and said screw it I can’t figure out the middle or the end and just said screw it. And then a couple months later or so it hits you like a ton of bricks, now I got it)? : The Red Hand Files by Nick Cave – The Red Hand Files – Issue #330 – This is a question about music not death or anything like that, (have you ever started writing a song and said screw it I can’t figure out the middle or the end and just said screw it. And then a couple months later or so it hits you like a ton of bricks, now I got it)? : The Red Hand Files