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 BUSHEvery old sock meets an old shoe
More Kate Bush Quotes
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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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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.
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When you reach for a star, only angels are there. And it’s not very far, just a step on a stair.
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Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
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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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I don’t think it’s a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don’t think my life is that interesting.
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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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I didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
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I think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.
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All the time it’s a changing And all the dreamers are waking.
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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.
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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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I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.
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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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