Issue #271

‘Holy shit, Nick, I just read Mark’s question and your response. (Issue #270) It was devastating. It appears that answering to people’s grief is somewhat cathartic for you. The ...’

Issue #270

‘Not a question at all.

On Sat the 30 December my beautiful 16yo son Murray took his own life. He was contacted online by what he believed was a ...’

Issue #269

‘Can you talk about being at a crossroads in your career / personal life / or just in general. Specifically how you decide the path to take. Do you make a change, ...’

Issue #268

‘I have relocated to my partner’s country in the last few years with my family and find myself questioning more and more what home actually means to me. As ...’

Issue #267

‘Could you point out three single words that you like the most and explain why?’

Issue #266

‘Do you ever get tired of writing really long answers? It seems hard. Lovely, but hard.’

Issue #265

‘[ ] Over the years I detached myself from religion until I became an atheist. Yesterday, I had video contact with friends in the USA and a husband of one, Paul E, ...’

Issue #264

‘These are terrible times. My friend, actually my best friend, and I don’t see eye to eye about the current political situation. We have ended up actually arguing about ...’

Issue #263

‘[ ] As we all mourn Shane, would you share your memories of his 60th birthday in Dublin or otherwise.’

Issue #262

‘I would love to hear your thoughts on Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s recent essay, “Why I am now a Christian.” These two sentences in particular made me think of you (...’

Issue #261

‘My grandfather, my hero, passed away several weeks ago. He was an incredible man: a chemist; a cowboy; a man of God.

After flying back from the funeral ...’

Issue #260

‘I’m 17 years old, and I don’t know if I want to record and publish an ep that I’ve been working on with a band with some friends ...’

Issue #259

‘We met last night. At a book signing in LA. Also saw you perform the previous night. At both events, I noticed your generosity towards all of the folks that ...’

Issue #258

‘I overdosed a few months ago, ever since then it feels like I’ve hit my expiration date and my life is meaningless. Is it ever possible for me to ...’

Issue #257

‘Grief I find people have a hard time talking about my pain, lost my husband of 45 years. I want to talk about him, it makes people nervous. What can I ...’

Issue #256

‘Today a new war broke in my country. My boyfriend and me woke up at 6:30 from a sound of a loud siren. We live in suburb close to Tel Aviv. ...’

Issue #255

‘I’ve noticed that you have performed a new song during two concerts on the ongoing tour. Is it the same song and will it be on the new album?’

Issue #254

‘My life has been crazy since my daughter was killed in December. Some days I love the world and other days I would love to cause an apocalypse, I feel ...’

Issue #253

‘Happy Red Hand File-iversary, Nick! Better and redder with each passing year! Thank you very kindly for adding your best two cents to each meaningful issue.’

Issue #252

‘I am 20, high school graduant, in my gap-year and I find it pointless to pursue anything in this bizarre and temporary world that is so much against my values in ...’

Issue #251

‘Nick, I think you are such a wise and sensitive man. Please give me your advice: I have a huge crush on a guy, a musician, he is depressed and ...’

Issue #250

‘… Can you recommend a chronological list of songs to help me get started?’

Issue #249

‘How do you feel about your transgender fans or trans people in general? As a young trans woman, I’ve had equally positive and negative gender-related experiences with other fans ...’

Issue #248

‘I work in the music industry and there is a lot of excitement around ChatGPT. I was talking to a songwriter in a band that was using ChatGPT to write ...’

Issue #247

‘I am currently witnessing the awe inspiring beauty of a fierce thunderstorm. Earlier today, I had a meeting with a very well connected artist. We discussed my work. He said ...’

Issue #246

‘I read and listen to what you have to say a lot as I value your intellect and empathy hugely. But, there are a lot of repeat questions, and I ...’

Issue #245

‘I have recently had some difficult news as my father has recently had a stroke. This is his worst nightmare, as a normally free man is restricted to a bed ...’

Issue #244

‘I wonder if [my] fans could help us out by writing in with a 15 song playlist of the Best of Nick Cave, and perhaps you could add your age, just ...’

Issue #243

‘I’m listening to you on Louis Theroux podcast right now and I have to confess, whilst I know the name Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, I’ve not ...’

Issue #242

‘I just listened to your interview with the Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. I can’t work out whether you believe or not. Did you have a conversion?’