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I’m quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking.

Kate Bush

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 BUSH

Brother Mother Music Playing
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’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.
KATE BUSH

Mean Next Pieces
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
Don’t ever think that you can’t change the past.
KATE BUSH

Dense Past Thinking
I love words, I think they’re fascinating and incredibly wonderful things and part of the joy of my work is that I not only get to work with music but also with words. Sometimes it’s a difficult process but a lot of the time it’s really fun.
KATE BUSH

Fascinating Fun Incredibly Joy Music Thinking
I don’t think it’s a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don’t think my life is that interesting.
KATE BUSH

Ideas Nice Thinking
I think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.
KATE BUSH

Fashion Thinking Trends
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 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?
KATE BUSH

Albums Artist Faults
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.
KATE BUSH

Snowflake Thinking Unique
All the time it’s a changing And all the dreamers are waking.
KATE BUSH

Dreamer Time Waking
My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.
KATE BUSH

Desire Interesting Trying
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
All we’re ever looking for is another open door.
KATE BUSH

Anchor Doors Look Open
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

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