Cloudbusting -- Kate Bush In Her Own Words

Positive/Negative

When I've talked to you, when I've heard you in interviews, you are such a positive person. And of course you were parodied a couple of years ago because you used to use the word ``amazing'' ..

Hmmm...

...An awful lot [When] you used to appear on tv - I haven't heard you use that word in interviews lately. But you are still a very positive sort of person, aren't you? How do you deal with sort of negative thoughts in the studio, things aren't going quite right, how do you address things like that?

I think, again, it's down to the people you're working with, 'cause if you've got a positive vibe happening between the team, then really if it starts going negative you can just pull it away, you can say to the people ``look, come on, you know, let's forget about that.'' And I really think it is down to the relationship and the feelings between the people you're working with, and I was really lucky because all the people I work with are really great, they're fantastic.

Is it hard work being up all the time, or are you just naturally sort of bright and look upon the world with a positive sort of feeling?

No, I don't think I've very positive sometimes, I think I'm quite negative at some times, you know. But I think there's always the feeling in me that there's no reason for me to be negative because everything's great, so why be negative? And then I feel better. [Laughs] (1982, Unknown BBC interview)

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