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.
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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It’s a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn’t happen often to me.
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School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.
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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 didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
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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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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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What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.
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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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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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There are a lot of very strong connections with music and mathematics. They both can work in patterns and sequences and repetitions.
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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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In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that [“Never Be Mine”], there’s a completely different energy to it each night.
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You’ll never know that you had all of me. You’ll never know the poetry you’ve stirred in 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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You hope that the ideas will come together. You just don’t know. That’s part of what I suppose is part of being brave and putting creative work out there.
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