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.
KATE BUSHBeing nervous actually kept me very tense.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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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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It’s a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn’t happen often to me.
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My first Top of the Pops I didn’t want to do. I was terrified. I’d never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.
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Normally I don’t compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.
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Some of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.
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The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it’s achieved properly.
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I think what is great is that if anything that I do is interesting to somebody else, then I really don’t think it matters at all what I had originally intended.
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I suppose my biggest concern would be if the planet is going to be in good enough shape for the next generation to have the privileges that we’ve had.
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You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening.
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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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I’m quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.
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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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We have a female prime minister [Theresa May] here in the UK. I actually really like her and think she’s wonderful. I think it’s the best thing that’s happened to us in a long time.
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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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When you’d buy vinyl, you’d have this lovely-sized object with a lovely picture, and you’d read the lyrics and usually there was something artistic that went with it.
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All the time it’s a changing And all the dreamers are waking.
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I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.
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The 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.
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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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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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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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I don’t think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don’t really want to spend much time listening to it again.
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The world is continually changing. I think in some ways it’s changing in a very positive way.
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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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I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.
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I love the whirling of the dervishes. I love the beauty of rare innocence. You don’t need no crystal ball, Don’t fall for a magic wand. We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.
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