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They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.

Kate Bush

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
Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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Alive Hurt Time
Don’t ever think that you can’t change the past.
KATE BUSH

Dense Past Thinking
Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
KATE BUSH

Likely Meet Megalomaniacs
There are a lot of very strong connections with music and mathematics. They both can work in patterns and sequences and repetitions.
KATE BUSH

Connections Patterns Strong
All the time it’s a changing And all the dreamers are waking.
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Dreamer Time Waking
I didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
KATE BUSH

Dare Mind Wander
In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that [“Never Be Mine”], there’s a completely different energy to it each night.
KATE BUSH

Energy Night Song
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
You hope that the ideas will come together. You just don’t know. That’s part of what I suppose is part of being brave and putting creative work out there.
KATE BUSH

Creative Ideas Out Work
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.
KATE BUSH

Interesting Matter Thinking
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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Snowflake Thinking Unique
What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.
KATE BUSH

Life Singing Song
Some of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.
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Music Pops States
When you reach for a star, only angels are there. And it’s not very far, just a step on a stair.
KATE BUSH

Angel Stars Steps
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 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.
KATE BUSH

Long People Thinking
If you believe in what you do and you really want to be in music, just stick at it. It’s always a learning process. Enjoy it because I think making music is a privilege, really. In an ideal world, it should also always be fun. As much as possible, make it fun.
KATE BUSH

Believe Fun Thinking
I love the whirling of the dervishes. I love the beauty of rare innocence. You don’t need no crystal ball, Don’t fall for a magic wand. We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.
KATE BUSH

Balls Crystal Fall Magic Miracle
The world is continually changing. I think in some ways it’s changing in a very positive way.
KATE BUSH

Thinking Way World
School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.
KATE BUSH

Hurt Loner School
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
Normally I don’t compromise at all but it felt important to give that song the chance to be heard.
KATE BUSH

Giving Important Song
Every old sock meets an old shoe
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Meets Old Shoes Sock
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
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
I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.
KATE BUSH

Country Great Woman

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