Quotes from Kate Bush

I think that there's always room for humour in music. It's something that always takes itself so seriously, which I think is a bit of a shame.

I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.

My music can be a little obscure. It does worry me that the music might be too complicated for people to take in - that they have to work too hard at it.

I don't know you, And you don't know me. It is this that brings us together.

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

I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.

I'll always be tough on myself.

I understand that people want to just listen to a track and put it on their iPod, and that's fine, there's nothing wrong with that, but why can't that exist hand in hand with an album? They're such different experiences.

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.

I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.

It's not easy putting creative projects together. In my case, it might take a long time and you try to do the best.

We let it in, we give it out, and in the end what's it all about? It must be love.

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.

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.

When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.

I definitely don't think of myself as being an influence.

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.

Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'Ulysses.' When I asked for permission to use the text, I was refused, which was disappointing.

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

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, do you think?

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.

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

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.

They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.