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 BUSHSometimes when I look back on myself on those earlier records, there was so much effort going in, so much trying. With this, I was trying to make it much more laid back.
More Kate Bush Quotes
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My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.
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Some of the best pop music ever has come out of the States.
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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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Im the shyest megalomaniac youre ever likely to meet.
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Bright, white coming alive jumping off of the aerial All the time it’s a changing, like now.
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Being nervous actually kept me very tense.
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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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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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I don’t know you, And you don’t know me. It is this that brings us together.
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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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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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When you’d buy vinyl, you’d have this lovely-sized object with a lovely picture, and you’d read the lyrics and usually there was something artistic that went with it.
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Just being alive It can really hurt These moments given Are a gift from time.
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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 spend a lot of my time looking at blue, The colour of my room and my mood.
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