Kate Bush Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.

Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is.

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.

For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am.

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.

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.

I think quotes are very dangerous things.

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.

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

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.

What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.

Trivia

Rumor has it that Kate has a fear of flying.

Kate does not drink alcoholic drinks.

Kate has never been known to lose her temper.

Favourite food: Chocolate

Favourite animal: Cats

Kate's hair is dark brown with auburn highlights.

At age 15, Kate dropped out of school to become a pop star.

She is the daughter of John and Hannah Bush.

In 1986, Hounds of Love hit number 18.

Most of Kate's videos involved coreography up until her music video for "Cloudbusting." That was the first video with, not only no coreography, but where she was acting.

Kate was able to write and compose very deep songs since age thirteen.

Kate has one brother, Paddy Bush.

Kate's song "This Woman's Work" was used in the film She's Having a Baby in 1989.

Then inventer of the portable microphone headset developed a device which let her sing and do her complicated dance moves as the same time.

Shares a birthday with auther Emily Bronte.

Kate is a vegetarian.

Kate Bush stands at 5'3.

Kate Bush only went on one tour in April of 1979.

Her debut single "Wuthering Heights" was number one on the UK music charts for weeks.

Penned her second top 10 single The Man With The Child In Eyes at the age of 14.