An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

On 3 May 2008 during the Dig Lazarus Dig!!! tour Shane MacGowan joined Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds on stage to perform "Lucy" at Dublin Castle in Ireland. Cave's second novel The Death of Bunny Munro was publiNick Caved on 8 September 2009 by Harper Collins books. September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (1997) produced by Hal Willner.

He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist—beyond comparison beyond genre beyond dispute. ". Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician songwriter author screenwriter composer and occasional film actor.