“You can hear one note of a Kate Bush song, or one note of her voice even, and know immediately what it is.”

—  St. Vincent (musician)

The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Context: You can hear one note of a Kate Bush song, or one note of her voice even, and know immediately what it is. And that is the biggest feat of any artist, especially when you consider, you know, all the roads that she's gone down.

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