Kate Bush
Kate Bush Trivia
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Kate's nickname is Kathy, which she earned as a child.
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Kate is the sister of photographer John Carder Bush and actor Paddy Bush. Paddy often plays and builds the exotic instruments in Kate's songs.
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There were four main compilation albums released, containing Kate Bush's hits. These compilations included The Single File (1983), The Whole Story (1986), This Woman's Work (1990), and Kate Bush: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1994).
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Although Kate is a vegetarian, she does eat fish.
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Rumor has it that Kate has a fear of flying.
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Her primary intrests include music, dance, mime, and drama. Her secondary intrests include TV, movies, animals, books, classical music, modern comedy, baking bread, and gardening.
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Kate does not drink alcoholic drinks.
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Kate Bush has never been married. However, bassist Derek Palmer was her partner. Rumor has it that they separated.
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Kate has never been known to lose her temper.
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Kate very much dislikes sarcasm, even in jest.
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Kate's favourite food is chocolate.
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Kate's favourite drink is tea.
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Kate's favorite animals are cats.
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Kate's eye colour is hazel.
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Kate's hair is dark brown with auburn highlights.
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Kate weighs about 98 to 112 lbs.
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At age 15, Kate dropped out of school to become a pop star.
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Her father was a doctor, and her mother was a dancer and a nurse.
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She is the daughter of John and Hannah Bush.
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Kate was not christened with a middle name. However, Mary is her given middle name.
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In 1986, Hounds of Love hit number 18.
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Before her video for "Cloudbusting," Kate had never actually done any acting.
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Most of Kate's videos involved coreography up until her music video for "Cloudbusting." That was the first video with, not only no coreography, but where she was acting.
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She has an outstanding high vocal range of at least three and a half octives.
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Kate was able to write and compose very deep songs since age thirteen.
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In the mid 1980s, Kate and Peter sang their hit duet Don't Give Up.
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Kate has two brothers, John Carder Bush and Paddy Bush.
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She is friends with singer Peter Gabriel.
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Kate's song "This Woman's Work" was used in the film She's Having a Baby in 1989.
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In the mid 1970s, she was discovered by David Gilmour from Pink Floyd.
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Then inventer of the portable microphone headset developed a device which let her sing and do her complicated dance moves as the same time.
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Kate was ranked as #45 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock 'N Roll.
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Shares a birthday with auther Emily Bronte.
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Her hit song "Wuthering Heights" was based on the novel by Emily Bronte.
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Kate is a vegetarian.
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Kate has a son named Albert "Bertie," born July of 1998.
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Kate Bush stands at 5'3.
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Kate's lighting director, Duffield, was killed during a concert when he fell 20 feet through an open trap door on the stage.
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Kate Bush only went on one tour in April of 1979.
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Discography: The Kick Inside (1978) Lionheart (1978) Never Forever (1980) The Dreaming (1982) Hounds of Love (1985) The Sensual World (1989) The Red Shoes (1993) Aerial (2005)
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Her debut single "Wuthering Heights" was number one on the UK music charts for weeks.
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Kate's father is English and her mother is Irish.
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Kate penned her second top 10 single The Man With The Child In Eyes at the age of 14.
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Kate Bush: (On the sessions of Aerial) There was a sense of being at play as well as at work. I think that's very important because it is so hard and so frustrating sometimes trying to get an idea to materialise. It's not an easy process. I really like working with people who are old friends, it's lovely.
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Kate Bush: I have been genuinely touched by the sense of anticipation I've felt from people. I feel really privileged that people have been waiting.
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Kate Bush: (Regarding her movie The Line, the Cross & the Curve(1993) I shouldn't have done it. I was so tired. I'm very pleased with four minutes of it, but I'm very disappointed with the rest. I let down people like Miranda Richardson who worked so hard on it. I had the opportunity to do something really interesting and I completely blew it.
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Kate Bush: I am a private person, but I don't think I'm obsessively so. It's more that I choose to try and have as normal a life as possible. I don't like to live in the glare of publicity.
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Kate Bush: I'm very opinionated. I'm so fussy and picky. What's good is that I know what I want. It's when you don't know what you want when you're in trouble.
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Kate: When I'm writing, I've been playing something for a couple of hours, and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning, you can actually see bits inspiration floating about and grab them.
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Kate: (In the interview for her Cloudbusting video) Well the song is inspired by a book, and so it was that story that we were telling.
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Kate: (Talking about her latest album "Aerial") I'm so pleased with everyone's work on this record. There are some lovely performances and I hope you all feel it's been worth the wait. Bertie keeps me very busy. He is so much fun.
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Kate: My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like seeing myself die.
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Kate: School was a very cruel environment and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt and I learnt to cope with it.
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Kate: I think quotes are very dangerous things.
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