Editing Kate Bush (section)

==Influence==
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According to [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'', Bush's "shadow looms so large that whenever a female singer-songwriter emerges who is even remotely out of the ordinary, it's only a matter of time before someone, fairly or otherwise, mentions Bush".<ref>{{cite web |title='Ooh, yeah, you're amazing!' The wonder of Kate Bush – and 10 tracks to delight new listeners |date=2022-06-07 |website=[[The Guardian]] |author=[[Alexis Petridis]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204183256/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/07/ooh-yeah-youre-amazing-the-wonder-of-kate-bush-and-10-tracks-to-delight-new-listeners |archive-date=2023-02-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/07/ooh-yeah-youre-amazing-the-wonder-of-kate-bush-and-10-tracks-to-delight-new-listeners}}</ref>

Musicians who have acknowledged Bush's influence include [[Björk]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=2023-07-11 |title=ANOHNI and Björk Talk Soul Music, Lou Reed, and Climate Collapse |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/anohni-and-bjork-talk-soul-music-lou-reed-and-climate-collapse |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Alanis Morissette]],<ref>{{cite web | url= https://nz.news.yahoo.com/alanis-morissette-says-kate-bush-160705861.html | title= Alanis Morissette says Kate Bush inspired her to sing | work=yahoo! news | date=26 August 2020 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> [[Nigel Godrich]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000my63 | title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Guy Garvey's Finest Hour, Hounds of Love at 35 - A Kate Bush Special | access-date=8 June 2022 | archive-date=8 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608110022/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000my63 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Florence Welch]], [[Fever Ray]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/mar/31/kate-bush-inspires-female-artists | title=This woman's work: How Kate Bush inspires female artists | newspaper=The Guardian | quote=a wave of solo female artists followed – from Florence Welch to Fever Ray – all happy to namecheck Bush as an influence | date=31 March 2010 | last1=Ablaze! | first1=Karren }}</ref> [[Big Boi]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=November 3, 2023 |title=Read Big Boi's Speech Inducting Kate Bush Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/read-big-bois-speech-inducting-kate-bush-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023/ |website=Pitchfork}}</ref>  [[Regina Spektor]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Aidin Vaziri|url=http://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-guide-to-Regina-Spektor-s-album-Far-3212219.php|title=A guide to Regina Spektor's album 'Far'|date=25 October 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=3 November 2017|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001319/https://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-guide-to-Regina-Spektor-s-album-Far-3212219.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fiona Apple]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pelly |first1=Jenn |title=Fiona Apple on How She Broke Free and Made the Album of the Year |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/fiona-apple-interview/ |website=Pitchfork|date=8 December 2020 }}</ref> [[Imogen Heap]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/why-we-love-kate-bush-by-the-musicians-she-s-influenced-9670978.html | title=Why we love Kate Bush, by the musicians she's influenced | date=19 August 2014|work=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref> [[Sharon Van Etten]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/01/an-old-strain-of-english-magic-had-returned-stars-on-why-they-fell-in-love-with-kate-bush |title='An old strain of English magic had returned': stars on why they fell in love with Kate Bush |first=Rachel|last= Aroesti|date=1 July 2022 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> [[Ellie Goulding]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Kathy Iandoli |url=http://www.vibe.com/2014/09/exclusive-ellie-goulding-talks-subliminal-diss-songs/ |title=Exclusive: Ellie Goulding Talks Subliminal Songs – 'People Shouldn't Believe What They've Been Hearing' |date=12 September 2014 |work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |quote=I want to write about being really inspired by Kate Bush more recently|access-date=24 January 2017 |archive-date=22 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622200736/http://www.vibe.com/2014/09/exclusive-ellie-goulding-talks-subliminal-diss-songs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kyros (band)|Kyros]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=16 February 2017 |url=https://originalrock.net/2016/10/17/interview-kyros-talk-latest-single/ |date=17 October 2016 |title=Interview: Kyros talk latest single |website=OriginalRock.net |archive-date=14 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214045051/https://originalrock.net/2016/10/17/interview-kyros-talk-latest-single/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Aisles]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=16 February 2017 |url=http://www.justincaseradio.com/prog-topics/prog-interviews/215-german-vergara-from-aisles-chile |title=GERMAN VERGARA from AISLES (Chile) |website=Justincaseradio.com |archive-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216142302/http://www.justincaseradio.com/prog-topics/prog-interviews/215-german-vergara-from-aisles-chile |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[FKA Twigs]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meredith |first1=Kyle |title=FKA Twigs: "I'm not that much of a serious person. I'm a Capricorn. I just get on with it. " |url=https://www.lpm.org/music/2020-01-07/fka-twigs-im-not-that-much-of-a-serious-person-im-a-capricorn-i-just-get-on-with-it |website=Louisville Public Media|date=7 January 2020 }}</ref>  [[Neil Hannon]] of [[The Divine Comedy (band)|the Divine Comedy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.katebushnews.com/2019/07/30/neil-hannon-divine-comedy-talks-to-hmv-podcast-about-his-inspiration-kate-bush/ |title=Neil Hannon talks to HMV podcast about his inspiration Kate Bush |publisher=KateBushNews.com |date=30 July 2019 |last=Twomey |first=Seán |access-date=10 November 2020 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110185016/https://www.katebushnews.com/2019/07/30/neil-hannon-divine-comedy-talks-to-hmv-podcast-about-his-inspiration-kate-bush/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Grimes]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3AMBGV4xI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/sp3AMBGV4xI| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=Grimes At Lollapalooza 2016| date=17 August 2016|via=YouTube|access-date=16 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Solange Knowles]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 April 2020|first=Nikki|last=Ogunnaike|date=25 April 2017|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a44767/solange-coachella-interview/|title=Solange Wants To Redefine "Classic"|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802230215/https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a44767/solange-coachella-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Julia Holter]],<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.musicradar.com/news/julia-holter-interview | title= Julia Holter on the Yamaha CS-60, Kate Bush and the parallels between composition and production: "So much of production is thinking about organising sounds in a similar way to on a sheet of music" |quote=Kate Bush’s productions in particular influenced me | work=MusicRadar | first=Kate | last=Puttick | date=8 March 2024 | access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> [[Angel Olsen]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2019-10-22 |title=Angel Olsen on Her Dazzling New LP, Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/angel-olsen-all-mirrors-crazy-cat-lady-901457/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=2022-09-01 |title=Halsey: "No amount of experience makes you invincible to trends" |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/halsey-interview-reading-leeds-kate-bush-3302523 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Tupac Shakur]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=How Kate Bush inspired a generation of hip-hop artists |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-kate-bush-inspired-a-generation-of-hip-hop-artists/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bay 777 |first=Vinyl |date=2017-09-13 |title=Five Facts about Tupac Shakur's Legendary Music and Career |url=https://medium.com/@vinylbay777/five-facts-about-tupac-shakurs-legendary-music-and-career-cd1a1969ef94 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> [[Robyn]],<ref>{{cite web |date=May 22, 2018 |first=Leah |last=Greenblatt |title=Robyn talks new album, old influences in New York lecture series &mdash; then crashes a dance party in Brooklyn |quote=a move heavily influenced, she admitted, by Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting"|url=https://ew.com/music/2018/05/22/robyn-red-bull-new-music-new-york/ |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618092309/https://ew.com/music/2018/05/22/robyn-red-bull-new-music-new-york/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Caroline Polachek]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Simpson|first=Ashley|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/caroline-polachek-tour-dua-lipa-2022-interview |title=Caroline Polachek Will Forever Be an Alt Girl at Heart|magazine=[[W (magazine)|W]]|date=May 20, 2022|access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="h875">{{cite web | last=D'Souza | first=Shaad | title=Caroline Polachek: 'Seeing Fiona Apple and Björk succeed without compromise felt so aspirational' | website=the Guardian | date=2023-01-13 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/13/caroline-polachek-on-pop-privacy-and-imperfection-i-wanted-undeniable-anthemic-diva-moments | access-date=2024-05-12}}</ref> and [[Chappell Roan]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Kate |title=Interview with Chappell Roan |url=https://idreamofvinyl.com/2020/05/07/interview-with-chappell-roan/ |website=I Dream of Vinyl |access-date=May 31, 2024 |date=7 May 2020}}</ref>

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| quote = Since she made the bold decision after only six weeks on the road in 1979 that she wouldn't play live again, yet continued to be a powerhouse of inventive avant pop for the next 15 years – and a sporadic, off-the-grid presence ever since – Bush has set the blueprint for the autonomous artist creating masterworks entirely at their own pace and on their own terms. Kate Bush is the definitive example of a musician allowing work to flow through her life, not cram life into the spaces between her work.
| source = —[[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]] writing for [[NME (magazine)|''NME'']] on Bush being an "enigma worthy of the name", July 2018<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont |first1=Mark |title=Celebrating Kate Bush at 60 |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/celebrating-kate-bush-60-2361310 |date=30 July 2018 |access-date=12 June 2022 |work=NME |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612191549/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/celebrating-kate-bush-60-2361310 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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In 2015, [[Adele]] stated that the release of her third studio album ''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]'' was inspired by Bush's 2014 comeback to the stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/02/adele-kate-bush-inspired-my-comeback |title=Adele: Kate Bush inspired my comeback |work=The Guardian |date=2 December 2015 |access-date=12 January 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801024825/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/02/adele-kate-bush-inspired-my-comeback |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nerina Pallot]] was inspired to become a songwriter after seeing Bush play "[[This Woman's Work]]" on ''[[Wogan]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7503628/Nerina-Pallot-Cowell-Minogue-and-me.html |title=Nerina Pallot: Cowell, Minogue and me |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 April 2010 |last=Sawer |first=Patrick |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903145633/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7503628/Nerina-Pallot-Cowell-Minogue-and-me.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Bush was described by ''The Guardian'' as an "early role model" for [[Dido (singer)|Dido]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/03/1 |title=Classic examples (Dido Interview) |first=Will |last=Hodginson |work=The Guardian |date=3 October 2003 |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209080358/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/oct/03/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Australian singer-songwriter [[Sia]] described Bush as one of the "weird" artists she "grew up with", along with [[Adam Ant]], [[Boy George]] and [[Cyndi Lauper]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/31/sia-everyone-in-entertainment-is-insecure-observer-music-interview | title=Sia: 'Everyone in entertainment is insecure. We've been dancing our entire lives for your approval' | newspaper=The Observer | quote=I grew up with these weirdos: Kate Bush, Adam Ant, Boy George, Cyndi Lauper. I want to help show that little people can express themselves in a non-sexual way, but still be extremely expressive|date=31 January 2016 | last1=Mossman | first1=Kate }}</ref> [[k.d. lang]] named Bush as one of the artists she was listening to when she was starting to write songs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kd-lang-in-the-end-i-knew-it-would-all-come-back-to-the-music-and-it-did-2298353.html |title=KD Lang: 'In the end, I knew it would all come back to the music. And it did' |work=The Independent |first=Fiona|last=Sturges|date=17 June 2011 |access-date=2 January 2017 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922000257/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/kd-lang-in-the-end-i-knew-it-would-all-come-back-to-the-music-and-it-did-2298353.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jack Antonoff]] has described Bush as an artist he listens to when he writes songs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff: 'I'm drawn to female artists who are brutally honest' {{!}} Pop and rock {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/09/taylor-swift-producer-jack-antonoff-im-drawn-to-female-artists-who-are-brutally-honest |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=amp.theguardian.com|date=9 November 2017 }}</ref> [[Andy Bell (singer)|Andy Bell]] described Bush as "a major influence on a lot of [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]'s album tracks".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/489182/Erasure-singer-Andy-Bell-s-favourite-albums |title=Blondie, Kate Bush and Siouxsie & The Banshees: Andy Bell's favourite albums |work=Daily Express |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115020051/http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/489182/Erasure-singer-Andy-Bell-s-favourite-albums |url-status=live }}</ref> When [[Little Boots]] was asked about female producers or songwriters that have inspired her, she highlighted Bush for "how involved she got with the studio side as well as the performance".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-little-boots/ |title=Interview: Little Boots |work=[[M (magazine)|M]] |date=26 June 2014 |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819131852/http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-little-boots/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kate Nash]] described Bush as "really amazing and really inspirational".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.houseoftracks.tv/interviews/kate-nash-interview/|title=Kate Nash Interview|work=House of Tracks TV|author1=David Apple|author2=Dedee W.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819131708/http://www.houseoftracks.tv/interviews/kate-nash-interview/|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> [[Bat for Lashes]] also called her "a real inspiration".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/06/09/bat-lashes-redux |title=Bat for Lashes Redux |work=Out |date=6 September 2009 |first=Noah |last=Michelson |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082957/http://www.out.com/entertainment/2009/06/09/bat-lashes-redux |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tegan and Sara]] called Bush a "huge influence" on them when they were growing up in the 1980s,<ref>{{cite web |author=Erin Lyndal Martin |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/11414-tegan-sara-interview |title=Shock To Your System: Tegan Of Tegan & Sara Interviewed |date=18 February 2013 |work=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=16 March 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160303083121/http://thequietus.com/articles/11414-tegan-sara-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Sky Ferreira]] named her when asked about her "primary influences" from that decade.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.instyle.com/news/sky-ferreira-channeling-madonna-and-why-blondes-have-more-fun |title=Sky Ferreira on Channeling Madonna and Why Blondes Have More Fun |first=Claire |last=Stern |magazine=InStyle |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061112/http://www.instyle.com/news/sky-ferreira-channeling-madonna-and-why-blondes-have-more-fun |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]] named Bush as one of the female artists who made success possible for artists like her.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/rosal%C3%ADa-shouts-out-lauryn-hill-kate-bush-and-more-women-during-latin-grammy-speech |title=Rosalía Shouts-Out Lauryn Hill, Kate Bush And More Women During Latin GRAMMY Speech |work=The Grammys |date=15 November 2018 |access-date=20 March 2019 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403152335/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/rosal%C3%ADa-shouts-out-lauryn-hill-kate-bush-and-more-women-during-latin-grammy-speech |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Beverley Craven]] acknowledged that when she was beginning to write songs, she was "trying to sound like Kate Bush".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/03/23/beverley_craven_interview_feature.shtml|title=Beverley's back!|publisher=BBC|first=Katy|last=Lewis|date=23 March 2007|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110125433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/03/23/beverley_craven_interview_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tim Bowness]] of [[No-Man]] named Bush as one of his early influences.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=4 February 2017 |url=http://www.terrorverlag.com/interviews/tim-bowness/ |title=Tim Bowness |first=Mike |last=Dostert |date=3 July 2014 |website=Terrorverlag.com |archive-date=5 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205102222/http://www.terrorverlag.com/interviews/tim-bowness/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

[[Elton John]] cited Bush's duet with [[Peter Gabriel]], "Don't Give Up", for helping him to become sober, particularly Bush's lyric, "Rest your head. You worry too much. It's going to be all right. When times get rough you can fall back on us. Don't give up." He stated, "she [Bush] played a big part in my rebirth."<ref>{{cite news |title=Elton John Reveals Kate Bush Song 'Saved His Life' |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elton-john/elton-john-reveals-kate-bush-song-saved-his-life/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Smooth Radio |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618092631/https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elton-john/elton-john-reveals-kate-bush-song-saved-his-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After doing a duet with Bush in 2011, John praised her talents as a musician, stating "I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum. She was groundbreaking – a bit like a female equivalent of [[Freddie Mercury]]. She does come out socially sometimes and she came to my civil partnership occasion with her husband. There were so many stars in the room, but all the musicians there were only interested in saying, 'You've got to introduce me to Kate Bush.' I remember Boy George saying, 'Oh my God, is that Kate Bush?' I said, 'Yeah!'."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/elton-john-soundtrack-my-life | title=Elton John: Soundtrack of my life | first=Leah | last=Harper | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=31 August 2013 }}</ref>

Bush was one of the singers whom [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] thanked in the liner notes of 1991's ''[[Diamonds and Pearls]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Diamonds and Pearls by Prince – liner notes – section Thanks |publisher=Paisley Park, Warner Bros |date=1991}}</ref> [[Kirk Hammett]] of [[Metallica]] listed Bush as one of the influences on ''[[Master of Puppets]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 things you didn't know about Metallica's Master of Puppets |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-metallicas-master-puppets |website=Revolver Mag|date=March 2018 }}</ref> According to an unauthorised biography, [[Courtney Love]] of [[Hole (band)|Hole]] listened to Bush among other artists as a teenager.<ref>{{cite book|first=Poppy Z. |last=Brite |author-link=Poppy Z. Brite |title=[[Courtney Love: The Real Story]] |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1997 |isbn=0-684-84800-7|page=45}}</ref> [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] of [[Massive Attack]] wrote an article about ''The Kick Inside'', saying: "Her music has always sounded like dreamland to me.... I don't believe in God, but if I did, her music would be my bible".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Last Night a Record Changed my Life |magazine=Mojo |date=July 2003}}</ref> [[John Lydon]], better known as Johnny Rotten of the [[Sex Pistols]], declared her work to be "beauty beyond belief".<ref name="Queens" /> Rotten once wrote a song for her, titled "Bird in Hand" (about exploitation of parrots) that Bush rejected.<ref>{{cite journal |title=An Audience With John Lydon |first=John |last=Lewis |journal=Uncut |date=December 2007}}</ref> In 1999, [[VH1]] named Bush the 46th-greatest woman in rock and roll.<ref>{{cite web |date=1999 |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/vh1women.htm |access-date=23 October 2017 |via=RockOnTheNet.com}}</ref>

[[Marianne Faithfull]] mentioned Bush's four-octave range should be regarded as a "national treasure". "My favourite instrument in the whole world is the human female voice, and Kate Bush is one of the reasons why. It is, by far, a [[Stradivarius]]," Faithfull says. "Which is why she rarely deals with the press or isn't in a rush to record. She's one of the few who can be above all that."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/a-stradivarius-voice-sings/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223121626/http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/a-stradivarius-voice-sings/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2013|title=The incomparable Kate Bush|quotation=Few pop stars are as cerebral about making music as Kate Bush |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> [[Enya]] praised Bush in a similar manner: "When you think of Kate Bush, you think of the music, not the headlines."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peretti |first1=Jacques |title=Enya talks about her new album And Winter Came |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3562058/Enya-talks-about-her-new-album-And-Winter-Came.html |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |date=12 October 2008 |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> [[Rufus Wainwright]] named Bush one of his top ten gay icons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,1942438,00.html |title=Gay icons |work=[[The Observer]] |date=12 November 2006 |first=Rufus |last=Wainwright |location=London |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-date=24 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224145451/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0%2C%2C1942438%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Outside music, Bush has been an inspiration to several fashion designers, including [[Hussein Chalayan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/heroes--villains-hussein-chalayan-on-kate-bush-1530348.html |title=Hussein Chalayan on Kate Bush |work=[[The Independent]] |date=12 February 2005 |last=Chalayan |first=Hussein |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925051259/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/heroes--villains-hussein-chalayan-on-kate-bush-1530348.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1998 an [[asteroid]] was named after Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=27052;orb=1 |title=27052 Katebush (1998 SN13) |work=ssd.jpl.nasa.gov |date=21 January 2014 |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511071017/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=27052;orb=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=27052 |title=(27052) Katebush = 1998 SN13 = 2000 CJ103 |work=minorplanetcenter.net |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002072745/http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=27052 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, French record producer [[Guilhem Gallart|Pone]], who is paralysed from [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], released ''Kate & Me'', an entire album created from samples of Kate Bush's work.<ref name=Guardian20200214/> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', it's the "first album in history to be entirely produced through an eye-tracking device".<ref name=Guardian20200214>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/14/pone-paralysed-producer-making-music-with-his-eyes |title=Pone: the paralysed producer making music with his eyes |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Anaïs|last=Brémond|date=14 February 2020 |access-date=15 February 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215204104/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/14/pone-paralysed-producer-making-music-with-his-eyes |url-status=live }}</ref> Pone declares that Bush is the greatest artist of the past 40 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://kateandme.73bpm.com/ |title=Kate and Me |work=kateandme.73bpm.com/ |access-date=15 February 2020 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221075545/http://kateandme.73bpm.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Pone reiterated the experience in June 2021 by publishing ''Listen And Donate''. An EP composed of four tracks including two originals by Pone, still based on samples of Kate Bush's work, and two remixes produced by [[SCH (rapper)|SCH]] and [[Para One]]. [[JR (artist)|JR]] signs the visual part of the project. The goal is to raise funds for the Trakadom association, created by Pone and two doctors in collaboration with the intensive care unit of the hospital of [[Nîmes]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clique.tv/listen-and-donate-pone/ |title=LISTEN AND DONATE : Atteint de la maladie de Charcot, Pone lance un projet musical et caritatif dont le visuel est signé JR |work=clique.tv |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=19 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203222/https://www.clique.tv/listen-and-donate-pone/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[Grazia]]'' magazine conducted an interview with UK Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]. When asked about the five most influential women in his life, Johnson placed Kate Bush at the fifth spot after deliberating between nominating [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], and Bush.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/boris-johnson-inspiring-women/|title=From Malala To Kate Bush: The Five Women Who Have Shaped Boris Johnson's Life|first=Phoebe|last=Clarker|website=Grazia|access-date=23 March 2020|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314201639/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/boris-johnson-inspiring-women|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to her music, her dancing has been critically acclaimed and proven influential, as well as enduring in the popular consciousness. Critics have noted her "pioneering synthesis of music and movement"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/10468/when-kate-bush-turned-her-hand-to-filmmaking|title=When Kate Bush Turned Her Hand to Filmmaking|date=5 January 2018|website=AnOther|first=Liam|last=Hess|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924152328/https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/10468/when-kate-bush-turned-her-hand-to-filmmaking|url-status=live}}</ref> and called her work "modern dance at its most powerful".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/11/23/kate-bush-interview-before-the-dawn|title=Kate Bush Speaks|first=Owen|last=Myers|website=The FADER|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108104757/http://www.thefader.com/2016/11/23/kate-bush-interview-before-the-dawn|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Prix Benois de la Danse]] winner [[Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui]] credits her dancing as a formative influence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/08/sidi-larbi-cherkaoui-why-i-love-kate-bush|title=Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, dancer: why I love Kate Bush|date=8 April 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Andrew|last=Dickson|access-date=4 May 2021|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190646/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/08/sidi-larbi-cherkaoui-why-i-love-kate-bush|url-status=live}}</ref> For the recurring [[The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever]] event, thousands of people gather worldwide to recreate her dance routine from the "Wuthering Heights" music video—the outside version where Bush is seen dancing "out in the wily, windy moors", adorned with flowers and a flowy red dress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/thousands-to-embody-kate-bush-in-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-20160708-gq1bxx.html|title=Thousands to embody Kate Bush in Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever|first=Nicole|last=Precel|date=9 July 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=15 December 2020|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209224722/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/thousands-to-embody-kate-bush-in-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-20160708-gq1bxx.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=14 July 2018|title=Kate Bush fans mark 'Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever' – in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2018/jul/14/kate-bush-fans-mark-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-in-pictures|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613091416/https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2018/jul/14/kate-bush-fans-mark-most-wuthering-heights-day-ever-in-pictures|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 July 2018|title=Watch as hundreds of Kate Bush fans re-create her 'Wuthering Heights' video across the world|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-fans-recreate-wuthering-heights-2354714|access-date=21 April 2021|work=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515000437/https://www.nme.com/news/music/kate-bush-fans-recreate-wuthering-heights-2354714|url-status=live}}</ref>