226 Quotes by Kate Bush

Don’t fall for a magic wand, we humans got it all, we perform the miracles.

When you reach for a star, only angels are there. And it’s not very far, just a step on a stair.

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood – and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to bethought provoking.

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.

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.

It’s funny when you write a song – it’s easy for me now – but there’s almost a second stage where you take control of the song. You start writing it, and if you’re not careful, it just finishes itself and it might not be what you wanted. It’s very strange, it takes over itself. It has its own life.

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.

When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs – I’d write one or two a night. It was my hobby. At some point, it then became a process that was mainly done within the context of the studio, and writing became part of the recording process.

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?