I'm quite a private person and I like my work to do the talking. Kate Bush More Quotes by Kate Bush More Quotes From Kate Bush 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 cuttingwritingtwo 50 Words of Snow just didn't seem to have the complications that quite a lot of albums have. It felt to me like it had this very good flow of energy. Kate Bush albumsenergysnow When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual songs into the theatrical narrative piece. Kate Bush singingkingssong However, if I ever were in a position to choose who would play me, I think I'd choose Johnny Depp. Kate Bush positionplaythinking I saw Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which I thought was a masterpiece. Not that long ago, I listened to Blackstar by David Bowie and thought that was a masterpiece. Those are two incredibly talented people who've left their mark with us. Kate Bush long-agotwopeople It's a real joy to be moved by something, but it doesn't happen often to me. Kate Bush movedrealjoy It's very unfortunate that war has always been and probably always will be a part of human beings on this planet. It's a terrible thing. Kate Bush planetsterriblewar When I've heard a piece of music or seen a painting that moves me, it gives me something. Kate Bush piecesgivingmoving I have intentions as a writer, but people - when they're listening to a track - will take from it what they interpret. Kate Bush tracklisteningpeople Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't. Kate Bush songpeoplethinking That doesn't matter. If it speaks to them and they get something positive from it, it's great. Kate Bush speakifsmatter In some ways, when you re-envision a song like that ["Never Be Mine"], there's a completely different energy to it each night. Kate Bush energysongnight 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. Kate Bush partywarthinking You have a different audience. Your personal energy is different because some days you're energized, some nights you might be tired so that affects your memory and your emotion. Kate Bush tirednightmemories With some of the songs, we brought the pitch down to alto.I'm older, so naturally my voice is lower now. Kate Bush voicesong For "Running Up That Hill" we had worked with a drum machine [in 1985]; the basic rhythms of "Running Up That Hill" happened because the whole track was built on a drum machine. Kate Bush machinestrackrunning [For Before the Dawn] it was in the hands of a fantastic drummer and percussionist and who drove it into another moment in time. It's such a poignant song and it was transformed into entirely different beast. Kate Bush dawnsonghands You have to try and embrace it all and everyone who represents that change because it is happening. Kate Bush happeningsembracetrying I suppose my biggest concern would be if the planet is going to be in good enough shape for the next generation to have the privileges that we've had. Kate Bush privilegegenerationswould-be 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. Kate Bush longpeoplethinking
