"Kate Bush transforms me into a deranged fan," Mitchell wrote. "I don't know where to begin to explain it: there's her Brontëesque precocity (how does a 13-year-old compose "The Man With the Child In His Eyes"? ); her voice, or rather voices (swan-necked soprano, bass-deadpan, banshee wail, pure as snowmelt); or her firsts (first British solo woman to write and sing a No 1 single, to top the album charts and to enter the album charts at No 1)."

Source: Los Angeles Times September 10, 2018 17:37 UTC