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Being nervous actually kept me very tense.

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
I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there’s an awful lot you learn about yourself when you’re alone.
KATE BUSH

Alone Awful Spending Time
[“A Deal with God”] was the first single off Hounds of Love. I’d put a lot of work into putting that album together and I wanted it to have every chance.
KATE BUSH

Albums Firsts Together
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 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
Every old sock meets an old shoe
KATE BUSH

Meets Old Shoes Sock
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
You’ll never know that you had all of me. You’ll never know the poetry you’ve stirred in me.
KATE BUSH

Aerial Change Jumping Knows
The more I think about sex, the better it gets. Here we have a purpose in life, good for the blood circulation, good for releasing the tension.
KATE BUSH

Good Life Sex Thinking
That doesn’t matter. If it speaks to them and they get something positive from it, it’s great.
KATE BUSH

Great Matter Positive Something Speak
I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.
KATE BUSH

Powerful Snow Thinking
They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.
KATE BUSH

Evil Like You Men
My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.
KATE BUSH

Desire Interesting Trying
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
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
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

Being nervous actually kept me very tense.

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