It’s a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn’t happen often to me.
KATE BUSHThe 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.
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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I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.
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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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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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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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They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.
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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’m quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.
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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 think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.
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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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Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I’ve ever had. My mother’s Irish. And when I was very young, both my brothers were very into traditional music, English and Irish. They were always playing music, so I was always brought up with it.
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I don’t really listen to a great deal of music. I love music, but since I spend a lot of time in the studio, we probably watch a movie rather than listen to albums. I get to hear stuff, but not on the grand scale.
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A few times, I’ve thought about doing them again, but it’s just kind of never happened. I’ve just sort of gone the path of becoming a recording artist I guess.
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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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