Nick Cave has admonished his fans for being too cynical about the world and believing that progress rather than conservatism is the answer.
The Australian singer, whose songs include Red Right Hand, said that he was happy to be considered a rare example of a conservative musician.
Speaking at Hay Festival, he said that too many people were agitating for change for its own sake.
“I have these days what I would call a conservative temperament,” he said. “I believe that we need to be cautious about the idea of progress. I just see things moving very rapidly and a whole lot of different things worry me a lot, like AI [artificial intelligence].”
Cave, 65, who has had a career renaissance with his
