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.
KATE BUSHMy 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.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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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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Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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I could find faults with all my albums because that’s just a part of being an artist – it’s hard being a human being, isn’t it?
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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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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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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.
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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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Comedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it’s a very dominant trait.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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