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[“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.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.
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I have intentions as a writer, but people – when they’re listening to a track – will take from it what they interpret.
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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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I don’t really listen to a great deal of music. I love music, but since I spend a lot of time in the studio, we probably watch a movie rather than listen to albums. I get to hear stuff, but not on the grand scale.
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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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I think what is great is that if anything that I do is interesting to somebody else, then I really don’t think it matters at all what I had originally intended.
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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?
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All we’re ever looking for is another open door.
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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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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.
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Don’t ever think that you can’t change the past.
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A few times, I’ve thought about doing them again, but it’s just kind of never happened. I’ve just sort of gone the path of becoming a recording artist I guess.
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I suppose my biggest concern would be if the planet is going to be in good enough shape for the next generation to have the privileges that we’ve had.
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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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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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