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.

Kate Bush

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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.

meat-eating vegetarianism thinking

Everyone of us has a heaven inside. by Kate Bush

Everyone of us has a heaven inside.

inspirational heaven

I just know that something good is going to happen. I don't know when - but just saying it could even make it happen.

just-saying knows happens

I love the whirling of the dervishes. by Kate Bush

I love the whirling of the dervishes.

magic miracle fall

All we're ever looking for is another open door. by Kate Bush

All we're ever looking for is another open door.

doors

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to al... by Kate Bush

The great thing about art on any level is that it can speak to all people if it's achieved properly.

levels people art

It's not important to me that people understand me. by Kate Bush

It's not important to me that people understand me.

understand-me important people

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

alone-time spending awful

What am I singing? by Kate Bush

What am I singing?

singing song life

We let the weirdness in. by Kate Bush

We let the weirdness in.

weirdness reality

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.

snowflake unique thinking

I'm always hunting and prowling. I'm sure Brian [Bath] was exagge... by Kate Bush

I'm always hunting and prowling. I'm sure Brian [Bath] was exaggerating!

prowling baths hunting

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

piano littles father

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.

lonely song morning

Mozart didn't have Pro Tools, but he did a pretty good job. by Kate Bush

Mozart didn't have Pro Tools, but he did a pretty good job.

good-job tools jobs

I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a co... by Kate Bush

I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert.

concerts pieces theatre

My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.

desire trying interesting

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.

thought-provoking artist mind

School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.

loner hurt school

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.

artistic lovely vinyl