Kate Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, dancer, and record producer. In 1978, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single “Wuthering Heights”, becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song.
Bush is married to guitarist Danny McIntosh and the couple have one son, Albert McIntosh, known as Bertie, who was born in 1998.
Diet
Kate Bush is a vegetarian. In 1980, Bush explained her vegetarianism thus: “I don’t think plants mind being eaten, actually. I think they’d be really sad if no one paid that much attention to them.” The same year, she appeared on television with Delia Smith, further expounding on her love of vegetables: “You can even cook them in Marmite,” she offered brightly. “I really do think there’s a lot in vegetables.”
Skincare
In a 1981 interview with Richard Stilgoe for BBC1’s Looking Good, Feeling Fit, on which she discussed her skincare regime while vaguely exuding the air of someone who would happily strangle him with her bare hands.
Other
In 2001, Bush made a rare public appearance to collect a Q Award for Classic Songwriter. She accepted it with the words: “I’ve just come!”
You can view the moment here:
Bush did not enjoy school. “It laid some very heavy inhibitions on me,” she complained.
Bush’s most-covered song is Running Up That Hill: at least 24 versions exist, by everyone from Will Young to Placebo to drag duo Kiki and Herb.
Sources:
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/25/60-unbelievable-facts-about-kate-bush
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCn8y1nvr8
- https://www.musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsandsuch/2020/12/13/feature-room-for-the-life-kate-bush-and-vegetarianism