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 BUSHComedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it’s a very dominant trait.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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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.
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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 think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.
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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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I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people.
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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.
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All the time it’s a changing And all the dreamers are waking.
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Being nervous actually kept me very tense.
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There is magic within, there is magic without. Follow me and you’ll learn just what life’s all about.
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Nobody really knows, do they? They told Stephen Hawking he only had a year left to live and how many years ago was that? You can’t know it all.
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I wasnt an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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All we’re ever looking for is another open door.
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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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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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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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