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Kate Bush is a renowned British singer-songwriter, born on July 30, 1958. Her musical style is unique, blending folk, rock, and electronic elements, and she is hailed as the 'Queen of Pop'. Her representative works include 'Wuthering Heights' and 'Running Up That Hill'.

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Famous Kate Bush Quotes

“I don't think a lot of people listen to their old stuff, do they? I spent a long time making it, so I don't really want to spend much time listening to it again.”

People Thinking Want Long Stuff Listening Long Time Old Stuff

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“I think each album does have a different energy, otherwise you'd be doing the same thing again and not experimenting anew... Albums are such autobiographical material, not in the material but as an expression of what you're like at the time.”

Thinking Doe Different Energy Expression Materials Albums

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“I think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.”

Thinking Fashion Music Is Deeper Trends

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“I think snow is so evocative and has such a powerful atmosphere.”

Thinking Powerful Snow Atmosphere

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“I wasnt an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.”

Thinking Stills Used Girl Easy Lucky Happy Go Lucky Lucky Girl

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“Its so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.”

Thinking Individual Millions Unique Fascinating Snowflake

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“I don't really listen to my old stuff, but on occasion, I would either hear a track on the radio or a friend might play me one, and there was generally a bit of an edgy sound to it, which was mainly due to the digital equipment that we were using, which was state of the art at the time - and I think everyone felt pressured to be working that way.”

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“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.”

Thinking Sometimes Joy Fun Process Difficult Wonderful Fascinating Wonderful Things

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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.”

Ifs Thinking World Want Should Believe Fun Process Enjoy Music Is Ideals Sticks Privilege If You Believe Learning Process Ideal World

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“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.”

Thinking Huge Roots Pops Admirer

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“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.”

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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.”

Ifs Thinking Matter Interesting

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“I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.”

Thinking Comedy Sense Of Humor

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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.”

People Thinking Needs Humans Art Form Human Beings Comedy

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“I think in some parts of our English history we've had huge amounts of almost too much great comedy. You kind of wonder how so much great work could come out of one country.”

Thinking Kind Country Wonder Comedy Too Much Huge Amount Great Work English History Great Comedy

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“I haven't actually seen a Lady Gaga tour, but I do think she's very good.”

Thinking Havens Very Good Gaga

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“The world is continually changing. I think in some ways it's changing in a very positive way.”

Thinking World Way Very Positive

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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.”

Thinking May Long Wonderful Happened Long Time Female Best Things Ministers Prime Prime Minister Like Her Theresa

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“[Theresa May] is very sensible and I think that's a good thing at this point in time.”

Thinking May Good Things Sensible Theresa

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“I think as a mature artist, you're probably always trying to undo the compromises of one's self [in general]. It's not necessarily to do with youth.”

Thinking Trying Self Artist Youth Compromise Mature Always Trying

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“Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't.”

People Thinking Sometimes Song

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“I think we're all a party to this information all the time. It's every day, in a way we probably weren't a few years ago. We're more informed, which is a good thing because war is always there somewhere on the planet.”

Thinking Way Years War Party Information Planets Years Ago Good Things

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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.”

Thinking Ideas Life Is Interesting Nice Very Nice

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“However, if I ever were in a position to choose who would play me, I think I'd choose Johnny Depp.”

Ifs Thinking Play Position

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“I think quotes are very dangerous things.”

Thinking Dangerous Dangerous Things

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“When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits inspiration floating about and grab them.”

People Thinking Writing Two Inspiration Song Three Bits Hours My Own Morning Seeing Couple Lonely Dancing Songwriting Going Out Floating Trance

Author:Kate Bush

“I just could not stand the idea of eating meat - I really do think that it has made me calmer.... People's general awareness is getting much better, even down to buying a pint of milk: the fact that the calves are actually killed so that the milk doesn't go to them but to us cannot really be right, and if you have seen a cow in a state of extreme distress because it cannot understand why its calf isn't by, it can make you think a lot.”

“The more I think about sex, the better it gets!”

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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'.”

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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.”

Thinking Difficult Couple Tired Nervous Difficult Times Breakdown Nervous Breakdown

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“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.”

Thinking Purpose Sex Blood Advice Tension Purpose Of Life Good Life Circulation Blood Circulation

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“Don't ever think that you can't change the past.”

Thinking Past Can't Change Dense You Can't Change The Past Can't Change The Past

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About the Author

Born: July 30, 1958
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 146

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