Kate Bush quotes - page 14

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)
I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very musical and very creative, and music was a big part of my life from a very young age, so it is quite natural for me to become involved in music in the way that I did. View quote
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If you believe in what you do and you really want to be in music, just stick at it. It's always a learning process. Enjoy it because I think making music is a privilege, really. In an ideal world, it should also always be fun. As much as possible, make it fun. View quote
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I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere. View quote
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I'm the shyest megalomaniac you're ever likely to meet. View quote
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What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights. View quote
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For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school. View quote
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Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is. View quote
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I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world. Y'know, I'm a very strong person and I think that's why actually I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature'. View quote
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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. View quote
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But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation. (Kate Bush)
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. View quote
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I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time. View quote
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My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die. View quote
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Artists shouldn't be made famous. You know... they're just ... as important as... um doctors, and priests ... or maybe not as important sometimes, and yet 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 - you know, football stars and theatre stars - It is man-made so the press can feed off it. View quote
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I'm really very happy if people can connect at all to anything I do. I don't really mind if people mishear lyrics or misunderstand what the story is. I think that's what you have to let go of when you send it out in the world. I'm sure with a lot of paintings, people don't understand what the painter originally meant, and I don't really think that matters. I just think if you feel something, that's really the ideal goal. If that happens, then I'm really happy. View quote
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For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am. It's so important to me to do the washing, do the Hoovering. Friends of mine in the business don't know how dishwashers work. For me, that's frightening. I want to be in a position where I can function as a human being. Even more so now where you've got this sort of truly silly preoccupation with celebrities. Just because somebody's been in an ad on TV, so what? Who gives a toss? View quote
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Soon it will be the phase of the moon When people tune in. Every girl knows about the punctual blues, But who's to know the power behind our moves? View quote
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Heathcliff, it's me - Cathy. View quote
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I could have been anyone. You could have been anyone's dream. Why did you have to choose our moment? Why did you have to make me feel that? Why did you make it so unreal? View quote
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They open doorways that I thought were shut for good. They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu. They build up my body, break me emotionally. It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling! (Kate Bush)
All we ever look for - a god. All we ever look for - ooh, a drug. All we ever look for - a great big hug. All we ever look for - a little bit of you. All we ever look for - a little bit of you, too. All we ever look for, But we never do score. View quote
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I say good night-night I tuck him in tight. But things are not right. What is this? An infant kiss That sends my body tingling? View quote
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I don't know why I'm crying. Am I suspended in Gaffa? Not until I'm ready for you, Not until I'm ready for you Can I have it all. View quote
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In Malta, catch a swallow, For all of the guilty - to set them free. Wings fill the window, And they beat and bleed. They hold the sky on the other side Of borderlines. View quote
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