“Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality.”

— Peter Gabriel

On Kate Bush
The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Context: Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality. And, you know, I think her courage, which is the positive way of interpreting it, or bloody-mindedness, which is the negative, is part of what gives her real value as an artist.

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