Issue #60 ‘I attended your Symphony in August and was moved to tears. I think of you and your family often. Will you write us a poem about how much you love ...’
Issue #59 ‘My girlfriend, a woman I love through soaring heaven and table-flipping hell, refuses to read any of my writing because she always sees some hint of infidelity, resentment, or perhaps ...’
Issue #58 ‘How do you forgive somebody whom you love very much but has done something truly terrible?’
Issue #57 ‘Why did you give up on your relationship with PJ Harvey in the 90s? I love her music. I think she’s an amazing person and she writes brilliant songs.’
Issue #56 ‘What is the song ‘Rings of Saturn’ about? I find myself in these lyrics. In Berlin I couldn’t stop crying when you performed it live. “Up and further up, ...’
Issue #55 ‘Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of someone my reason told me to forget, at least once a day (in books, on the streets). ...’
Issue #54 ‘I recently received a pair of ‘Bad Seed’ tube socks as a birthday present. A thoughtful gift from a dear friend, but they have left me somewhat confused. The almost ...’
Issue #52 ‘Do you get any nasty or annoying comments and questions via The Red Hand Files? I hope not! Thank you so much for this project & your music!’
Issue #51 ‘[ ] Part of the Pinocchio story is about this: Geppetto (Pinocchio’s father) is swallowed by a giant whale while searching for Pinocchio. When Pinocchio hears of this news, ...’
Issue #50 ‘Do you pray with you’r family and maybe friends, hopeing that sometimes ‘someone’ leesen you’r despered ‘litle’ iner-voice, to get answer<...’
Issue #49 ‘I’m a young writer. Your music has inspired me deeply in terms of not being afraid of throwing my feelings into my texts, but sometimes it is not easy ...’
Issue #48 ‘I was lucky enough to be at your recent London show and you played Cosmic Dancer by T Rex. It reminded me how Morrissey also covered and released this. In ...’
Issue #47 ‘You are the only musical artist that comes readily to mind whose work has improved, by an order of magnitude, after having given up drugs and alcohol. If this statement ...’
Issue #45 ‘Dear Nick, I was at your In Conversation event in Antwerp. There was a man with a light and a microphone, but suddenly he was ...’
Issue #44 ‘I’m non-binary, which (sorry if you already know this) means I feel neither male nor female. To most of the people who know me in this shitty country town, ...’
Issue #42 ‘As one ages, does the reduction of sexual desire affect their general desire for creation, the ability to create or the whole cognitive and sensual involvement of being? { } How is ...’
Issue #41 ‘Dear Nick, a couple of years ago I found myself in the midst of a heated debate about how each of us imagined God’s voice. At least a couple ...’
Issue #40 ‘How can I reclaim songs of yours which I have, until recently, associated intensely with a really terrible relationship? I want them back, unharmed. Can you help me?’
Issue #38 ‘I was first introduced to you by my stepfather in the early 80s. I was around 8 years old. I would later find much solace during a difficult time in The ...’
Issue #37 ‘It’s Wednesday, 21.49 and it starts to rain. I light a cigarette and smoke on my balcony and listen to a vinyl. I contemplate the rain and realize that despite ...’
Issue #36 ‘How would you describe a stereotypical Nick Cave fan? We all have a perception of you, how do you perceive us?’
Issue #32 ‘You’ve written at length in song, poetry & prose about love. What is love? Why do love songs so frequently move us? Perhaps a list of your top 10 love songs?’
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