I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.
KATE BUSHThe original vocals had an awful lot of work put into them at the time, and I wasn’t really sure that I could better them – I don’t know if I have bettered them.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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Nobody really knows, do they? They told Stephen Hawking he only had a year left to live and how many years ago was that? You can’t know it all.
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I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people.
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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I’ve ever had. My mother’s Irish. And when I was very young, both my brothers were very into traditional music, English and Irish. They were always playing music, so I was always brought up with it.
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I spend a lot of my time looking at blue, The colour of my room and my mood.
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I have intentions as a writer, but people – when they’re listening to a track – will take from it what they interpret.
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I could find faults with all my albums because that’s just a part of being an artist – it’s hard being a human being, isn’t it?
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A few times, I’ve thought about doing them again, but it’s just kind of never happened. I’ve just sort of gone the path of becoming a recording artist I guess.
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I didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
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If ever there’s been somebody to hold as an icon of sheer determination and willpower, it’s that guy [Stephen Hawking ], let alone any of the things he’s done scientifically. I’m sure that’s his driving force, but he’s a miracle and an aspiration.
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Sometimes when I look back on myself on those earlier records, there was so much effort going in, so much trying. With this, I was trying to make it much more laid back.
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Maybe if my songs feel personal, that’s very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.
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The more I think about sex, the better it gets. Here we have a purpose in life, good for the blood circulation, good for releasing the tension.
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Moving stranger, Does it really matter, As long as you’re not afraid to feel? Touch me, hold me. How my open arms ache! Try to fall for me.
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Artists shouldn’t be made famous. They have this huge aura of almost god-like quality about them, just because their craft makes a lot of money. And at the same time it is a forced importance… It is man-made so the press can feed off it.
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