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 BUSHYou 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.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening.
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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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The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it’s achieved properly.
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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.
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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 knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.
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Some of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.
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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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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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Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
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Maybe if my songs feel personal, that’s very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.
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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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I didn’t dare let my mind wander off.
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School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.
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In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that [“Never Be Mine”], there’s a completely different energy to it each night.
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