School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.
KATE BUSHThey say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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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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The thing with 50 Words of Snow is that it was literally back-to-back from Director’s Cut [also released in 2011]. It was more or less that I got to make two albums in one hit. I was already in this space in my mind to be writing and making an album.
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They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.
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I love words, I think they’re fascinating and incredibly wonderful things and part of the joy of my work is that I not only get to work with music but also with words. Sometimes it’s a difficult process but a lot of the time it’s really fun.
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I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there’s an awful lot you learn about yourself when you’re alone.
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I didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
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Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
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You’re never really happy. I’m certainly not. That’s a good thing. It means you’re always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.
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I’m quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.
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That doesn’t matter. If it speaks to them and they get something positive from it, it’s great.
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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 wasnt an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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Being nervous actually kept me very tense.
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It’s a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn’t happen often to me.
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