Normally I don’t compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.
KATE BUSHNormally I don’t compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.
KATE BUSHAll we’re ever looking for is another open door.
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.
KATE BUSHEven 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 BUSHYou’ll never know that you had all of me. You’ll never know the poetry you’ve stirred in me.
KATE BUSHWhen you’d buy vinyl, you’d have this lovely-sized object with a lovely picture, and you’d read the lyrics and usually there was something artistic that went with it.
KATE BUSHThere are a lot of very strong connections with music and mathematics. They both can work in patterns and sequences and repetitions.
KATE BUSHI think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.
KATE BUSHSome of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.
KATE BUSHI don’t know you, And you don’t know me. It is this that brings us together.
KATE BUSHIf 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 didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
KATE BUSHThe 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 BUSHSchool was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.
KATE BUSHI knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.
KATE BUSHYou have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening.
KATE BUSH