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.
KATE BUSHI 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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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.
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I spend a lot of my time looking at blue, The colour of my room and my mood.
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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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I don’t think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don’t really want to spend much time listening to it again.
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My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.
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Bright, white coming alive jumping off of the aerial All the time it’s a changing, like now.
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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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I’m quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.
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I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.
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Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
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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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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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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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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.
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Normally I don’t compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.
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