How Nick Cave's songs reveal themselves painfully to him
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How Nick Cave's songs reveal themselves painfully to him

Oct 16, 2026
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The singer songwriter Nick Cave was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2025. He has written huge hits such as "Into My Arms" and "Where the Wild Roses Grow", but songwriting doesn't come easily to him. His notebooks are full of what he describes as "bad stuff", and he'd like them to be burned after his death, thank you very much. The best way to approach the job, he says, is in office hours and wearing a suit. You can listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds.

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BBC Radio 4
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