If I could make albums quicker, I’d be on a roll wouldn’t I? Everything just seems to take so much time. I don’t know why. Time… evaporates. – Kate Bush
I have to say I find it totally astounding that my albums do as well as they do. It’s quite extraordinary, and it’s actually very touching for me for the albums to be received with such warmth. – Kate Bush
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. – Kate Bush
My parents weren’t keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best. – Kate Bush
Obviously I try to make the best music that I can, but after about two years of making an album, you start to worry: ‘Is it going to come out all right? Is it all going to sound churned out?’ – Kate Bush
I was aware of a lot of my friends being into things I wasn’t into. Like sarcasm. It had never been a part of my family – they still don’t use sarcasm. – Kate Bush
I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn’t really going out and seeing people. – Kate Bush
I didn’t really feel that there were any filler tracks on ‘The Red Shoes,’ but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn’t make it so long. – Kate Bush
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. – Kate Bush
One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience. – Kate Bush
The more I got into presenting things to the world, the further it was taking me away from what I was, which was someone who just used to sit quietly at a piano and sing and play. It became very important to me not to lose sight of that. – Kate Bush
I don’t read newspapers, and I’ve said I don’t watch the news. I love books, but I don’t read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head. – Kate Bush
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. – Kate Bush
