Blixa Bargeld leaving The Bad Seeds: talking about it with Nick Cave

Blixa:

I left, basically, because of our management, and I felt I couldn't keep up a marriage and two bands.

Time was becoming a problem.

I had no personal conflicts with you or anyone else in the band. I had no musical schisma either.

Video filmed without Nick:

There were several reasons for why I left The Bad Seeds.

[...]

I gave up the one that was less dear to my heart.

Nick:

I really don't know why Blixa left, except, I think he understood, and was courageous enough to understand that the collaborative process has its natural length, and then you move away.

I miss Blixa enormously.

It was just out of the blue. He sent me an e-mail saying he had problems with the management, which we all had at the time. I rang up and said, look, I can deal with the manager [...] because I was devastated by that.

I think he said 'I'll think about it' and didn't get back to me.

Interviewer: you didn't call him again?

Nick: No, I just knew. I knew.