It’s not that I don’t like American pop; I’m a huge admirer of it, but I think my roots came from a very English and Irish base. Is it all sort of totally non-American sounding.
KATE BUSHI knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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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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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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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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Even just making albums – which was more within the structure that I’ve worked in for years – you have no idea how people will respond. You don’t know if it’ll be any good whatsoever. It can be terrifying.
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If you believe in what you do and you really want to be in music, just stick at it. It’s always a learning process. Enjoy it because I think making music is a privilege, really. In an ideal world, it should also always be fun. As much as possible, make it fun.
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I didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
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I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.
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Bright, white coming alive jumping off of the aerial All the time it’s a changing, like now.
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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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Its so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual – there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.
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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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Being nervous actually kept me very tense.
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When you reach for a star, only angels are there. And it’s not very far, just a step on a stair.
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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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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.
KATE BUSH