‘I was changing backstage and Nikki Sudden noticed that I had a bit of body hair and made some horrible comment about it… and Rowland came to my aid, he said “god Nikki, what on earth is sexy about a woman who’s smooth and plastic as a bath tub” and later on, on the way home, he told me that in fact his perfect fantasy girl would be covered in soft blue fur, like a cat or a really good wolf.’
- Genevieve McGuckin
“Every time Nick Cave fell down – which was frequently – a shudder would pass through the wooden boards. Rowland Howard, seething with disdain, kicked Cave in the ribs and yelled “Get up, ya cunt!”
— A pleasant scene from the 1983 Australian tour: A Boy Next Door, Michel Faber
