Kate Bush quote: "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."

We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, my...
KATE BUSH

I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space...
KATE BUSH

I want to be in a position where I can function as a human being.
KATE BUSH

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

Originally, when I wrote the song 'The Sensual World' I had used text from the end of 'U...
KATE BUSH

I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestr...
KATE BUSH

I was aware of a lot of my friends being into things I wasn't into. Like sarcasm. It had never b...
KATE BUSH

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

I love being with my friends, relaxing and talking.
KATE BUSH

I think it's important that things are flawed.
KATE BUSH

Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.
KATE BUSH

School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to co...
KATE BUSH

I suppose I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person, and I just find it frustrating t...
KATE BUSH

My friends sometimes used to ignore me completely, and that would really upset me badly.
KATE BUSH

I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I th...
KATE BUSH

I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because the...
KATE BUSH

That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in r...
KATE BUSH

I'm the shyest megalomaniac you're ever likely to meet.
KATE BUSH

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

But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Cha...
KATE BUSH

Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out ...
KATE BUSH

It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are milli...
KATE BUSH

I think quotes are very dangerous things.
KATE BUSH

If you believe in what you do and you really want to be in music, just stick at it. It's always ...
KATE BUSH

There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising int...
KATE BUSH

I was writing from the age of 10, and I was never really into going to discos and dances and stuff. ...
KATE BUSH

I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating whe...
KATE BUSH

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

Watching the painter painting
And all the time, the light is changing
And he keeps paintin...
KATE BUSH

It's not my ambition to be a big star.
KATE BUSH

I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were...
KATE BUSH

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
KATE BUSH

The great thing about vinyl is that if you wanted to get a decent-sounding cut, you could really onl...
KATE BUSH

People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Lo...
KATE BUSH

For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that ...
KATE BUSH

I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
KATE BUSH

In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be ...
KATE BUSH

I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
KATE BUSH

I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.
KATE BUSH

King of the Mountain
KATE BUSH

I'm so pleased with everyone's work on this record. There are some lovely performances and I hope yo...
KATE BUSH

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. See...
KATE BUSH

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

I listen to very little music, particularly contemporary. If I listen to it, it's going to be my...
KATE BUSH

Confusion is a continuous fight with self-knowledge, prejudice and insecurity.
KATE

I have an insane calling to be where i'm not, and a screaming urge to get out of here. There's no ro...
KATE

That feeling of shame and guilt you feel, when you disappoint someone, equals the feeling of never b...
KATE

If you are wondering why some people don't want to talk to you anymore, it could be that they actual...
KATE

Amazing how you can fake you're way through the day, by looking at the clock, and work untill it's t...
KATE

The people who never wanted to meet you, will never know what you would have sounded like together!
KATE

More then a thousand words written, but no notes to make a song. It shouldn't be this hard, and it s...
KATE

Let's just lay in the grass, and look at the stars, and fall asleep in the middle of counting.
KATE

Better focus on what seems to be more important, then what make's me feel more alive... But the thou...
KATE

Why do people get back in the box ?, when deep down inside there isn't room enough. And even though ...
KATE

Reading between the lines is supposed to lift you up, except when the message reminds you of the mis...
KATE

Tic tac, tic tac. Three o clock, it's time to stop, Thinking about what is not. Tic tac, tic tac May...
KATE

Being confused about you're own insecurity's, when other people turn out to be not what they seem, a...
KATE

Those little boxes people put you in, while they should try the other sizes...
KATE

Sometimes I forget how it feels to meet new people who are passionate about the same things. But whe...
KATE

Glistening grains of sand, so soft and warm being sleepless in the desert has it's charm. A billion ...
KATE

Is it okay to lose you'reself once in a while..... Maybe I am lost longer then I think....
KATE

They won't chase me wen I walk away. Not worth chasing I gues,... so I'll just keep on walking alone...
KATE

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent....... Now I know what I did wrong all the ti...
KATE

Don't approach someone with false intensions, especcialy when they are not good enough. Because ther...
KATE

My sore throath can't find my voice anywere, and my thought's can't find my sleep.
KATE

Time is precious....I would love to spend a day how I really want to spend it...or maybe a few..
KATE

Back to the corner where you came from, and dim that little light, before it finally discover's how ...
KATE

I tried to stop the morning coming in so fast Why is it impossible to make those silent moments last...
KATE

I need a whiskey (or 2) , a party, and some fun, but it looks like I have to settle for less again.
KATE

You can listen to a song a thousand times, and then, suddenly, the lyrics kick in,.... like someone ...
KATE

If water would be running up, would it wash away the spots, underneath the places, where we usually ...
KATE

No one knows that a simple and calculated decision for the one with potential, is the final end of t...
KATE

And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based ...
JEB BUSH

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly i...
VANNEVAR BUSH

The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
VANNEVAR BUSH

A belief may be larger than a fact.
VANNEVAR BUSH

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of ma...
VANNEVAR BUSH

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and eva...
VANNEVAR BUSH

I have a pig valve.
BARBARA BUSH

Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.
JEB BUSH

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the countr...
LAURA BUSH

I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children ar...
LAURA BUSH

I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses...
LAURA BUSH

But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for ...
LAURA BUSH

If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different t...
LAURA BUSH

I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and w...
LAURA BUSH

Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in ...
LAURA BUSH

I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
LAURA BUSH

When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have register...
LAURA BUSH

I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America.
LAURA BUSH

But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good r...
LAURA BUSH

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opp...
LAURA BUSH

I'm not the one who was elected. I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point o...
LAURA BUSH

I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one li...
LAURA BUSH

Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, ...
LAURA BUSH

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a ...
LAURA BUSH

Politics is a people business. I like people.
LAURA BUSH

They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with....
LAURA BUSH

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
LAURA BUSH

We can overcome evil with greater good.
LAURA BUSH

Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whate...
LAURA BUSH

We always get up about 5:30, and George gets up and goes in and gets the coffee and brings it to me,...
LAURA BUSH

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fasci...
LAURA BUSH

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we hav...
LAURA BUSH

Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
LAURA BUSH

I have pretty thick eyebrows, so I'm really grateful to Brooke Shields, the first time around, a...
SOPHIA BUSH

Bottom line, it's a status issue. They want people to look at their wheels.
ALAN BUSH

In almost every survey of consumers, they say they don't mind spending money. What they hate is the ...
ALAN BUSH

Home prices in Colorado are still expensive. You have a lot of people getting back on their feet and...
ALAN BUSH

It took longer then we originally anticipated for some of our partners to get the hardware out the d...
ALAN BUSH

Everybody thinks the Bushes are from Texas. I've been there twice.
BILLY BUSH

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
BARBARA BUSH

I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSH

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.
BARBARA BUSH

I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
BARBARA BUSH

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own...
BARBARA BUSH

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
BARBARA BUSH

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building f...
BARBARA BUSH

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained ...
BARBARA BUSH

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
BARBARA BUSH

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSH

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean.
BARBARA BUSH

And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my f...
BARBARA BUSH

I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool...
BARBARA BUSH

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
BARBARA BUSH

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by ste...
BARBARA BUSH

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
BARBARA BUSH

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of...
BARBARA BUSH

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more...
BARBARA BUSH

Study hard, work hard and play hard, too,
BARBARA BUSH

And if they [the United States Senate] start going on a vendetta against Roberts in the Senate, it's...
BARBARA BUSH

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life...
BARBARA BUSH

I think the Gore campaign has made an enormous issue of the fact that George is not smart, ... Did A...
BARBARA BUSH

Today, America is confronting another disaster that has caused destruction and loss of life, ... Thi...
BARBARA BUSH

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whe...
BARBARA BUSH

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, wheth...
BARBARA BUSH

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them
GEORGE BUSH

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.
GEORGE BUSH

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes an...
JEB BUSH

You (reporters) should have printed what he meant, not what he said.
EARL BUSH

I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, cha...
JEB BUSH

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity...
GEORGE BUSH

Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no...
BARBARA BUSH

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.
BARBARA BUSH

People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.
GEORGE BUSH

We cannot meet it the threat of dictatorship if we turn this country into a wishy-washy imitation of...
VANNEVAR BUSH

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat...
BARBARA BUSH

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it...
GEORGE BUSH

Read my lips: no new taxes.
GEORGE BUSH

You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
BARBARA BUSH

If we've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot federalize virtue.
GEORGE BUSH

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
GEORGE BUSH

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, w...
BARBARA BUSH

We are enjoying sluggish times and not enjoying them very much.
GEORGE BUSH

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity... in important things, diversity.....
GEORGE BUSH

Let the others have the charisma. I've got the class.
GEORGE BUSH

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
BARBARA BUSH

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
GEORGE BUSH

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
BARBARA BUSH

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning...
VANNEVAR BUSH

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as pa...
GEORGE BUSH

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into por...
GEORGE BUSH

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?.
GEORGE BUSH

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . . in important things, diversit...
GEORGE BUSH

The best way to relieve families from time to time is to let them keep some of their own money.
GEORGE BUSH

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . . in important things, diversi...
GEORGE BUSH

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win ...
PRESCOTT BUSH

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful th...
LAURA BUSH

We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and uni...
JEB BUSH

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord...
BARBARA BUSH

It's a complex relationship when your dad happened to be president and you are president and the...
JEB BUSH

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about e...
JEB BUSH

Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's ...
SOPHIA BUSH

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're wor...
BARBARA BUSH

Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person.
SOPHIA BUSH

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
BARBARA BUSH

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom ...
JENNA BUSH

I don't think you can really, truly be the partner you want to be until you know on an absolute ...
SOPHIA BUSH

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.
SOPHIA BUSH

We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has date...
SOPHIA BUSH

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the ...
SOPHIA BUSH

All the sudden high-impact stress can really take a toll on your body. So if you still want to be ac...
SOPHIA BUSH

People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games....
SOPHIA BUSH

I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended so...
SOPHIA BUSH

I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it's funny, because most of my best friends come from v...
SOPHIA BUSH

I had the most incredible English and literature teachers in school, and it really influenced my lov...
SOPHIA BUSH

So, I'm always around video games but I've always been interested in them from a visual pers...
SOPHIA BUSH

People just deserve to be treated with kindness.
SOPHIA BUSH

I love to box. I once took a kickboxing class in college and got totally hooked.
SOPHIA BUSH

I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was ...
SOPHIA BUSH

I think the sexiest thing on anybody is intelligence. I respect somebody who has a brain and wants t...
SOPHIA BUSH

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from the...
SOPHIA BUSH

When you realize who the good people are in your life, you're so lucky.
SOPHIA BUSH

Because sorry to say, women run the house. They run the family. They hold things up. I mean, it'...
SOPHIA BUSH

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
BARBARA BUSH

Life is too short, and I'm Italian. I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size ...
SOPHIA BUSH

I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face...
SOPHIA BUSH

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat...
BARBARA BUSH

I have a proven record, a record of accomplishment, a record of cutting taxes, of shrinking the gove...
JEB BUSH

I'm getting nervous to be called a centrist. Breaking out in a rash.
JEB BUSH

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.

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