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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.

Kate Bush

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.
KATE BUSH

Concern Generations Privilege
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 BUSH

Determination Icons Miracle
I’m quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.
KATE BUSH

Persons Private Talking Work
You’ll never know that you had all of me. You’ll never know the poetry you’ve stirred in me.
KATE BUSH

Aerial Change Jumping Knows
They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.
KATE BUSH

Evil Like You Men
All we’re ever looking for is another open door.
KATE BUSH

Anchor Doors Look Open
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 BUSH

Admirer Roots Thinking
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.
KATE BUSH

Back Effort Laid Trying
I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.
KATE BUSH

Powerful Snow Thinking
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.
KATE BUSH

Artist Men Quality
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.
KATE BUSH

Done Games Video
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

Album Cutting More Space Two Writing
It’s a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn’t happen often to me.
KATE BUSH

Joy Moved Real
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.
KATE BUSH

Awful Knows Original
What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.
KATE BUSH

Life Singing Song
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.
KATE BUSH

Like Long Thinking Wonderful

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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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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