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.
MOJO interview (2005)

“See how the flower leans instinctively
Toward the light.
See how the heart reaches out instinctively
For no reason but to touch…”

Kate Bush

Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)

“My Pussy Queen
Knows all my secrets.
I'll never fall in love again.”

Kate Bush

Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)

“I was born in a cloud...
Now I am falling.
I want you to catch me.
Look up and you'll see me.
You know you can hear me.
The world is so loud. Keep falling. I'll find you.”

Kate Bush

Song lyrics, 50 Words for Snow (2011)

“The stars are caught in our hair
The stars are on our fingers
A veil of diamond dust
Just reach up and touch it
The sky's above our heads
The sea's around our legs
In milky, silky water
We swim further and further...”

Kate Bush

Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sky of Honey (Disc 2)

“Could be in a dream
Our clothes are on the beach
These prints of our feet
Lead right up to the sea
No one, no one is here
No one, no one is here
We stand in the Atlantic
We become panoramic...”

Kate Bush

Source: Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sky of Honey (Disc 2)

“Feel your hair come tumbling down
Feel your feet start kissing the ground
Feel your arms are opening out
And see your eyes are lifted to God
With no words, with no song
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true...”

Kate Bush

Source: Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)

“Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.

Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive...”

Kate Bush

Source: Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)

“He thought he was gonna die,
But he didn't.
She thought she just couldn't cope,
But she did.
We thought it would be so hard,
But it wasn't...
It wasn't easy, though!”

Kate Bush

Source: Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)

“Stepping out, off the page, into the sensual world.
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech...”

Kate Bush

Source: Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)

“There's something very special indeed,
In all the places where I've seen you shine, boy.
There's something very real in how I feel, honey.
It's in me.
It's in me,
And you know it's for real.
Tuning in on your saxophone...”

Kate Bush

Source: Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)

“As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process. You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.”

Kate Bush

Source: As quoted in "In conversation with Kate Bush" by Elio Iannacci in MacLeans (28 November 2016) https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/in-conversation-with-kate-bush/