“She's choosing to transcend that. And that's a very powerful thing to do.”

The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Context: The intention is to tell a story, to create a sonic world for us, a sonic painting, for us to walk into, without having to see her. She's transcending that. She's choosing to transcend that. And that's a very powerful thing to do.

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