Kate Bush's parents wanted her to "become a psychiatrist".
The 'Wuthering Heights' singer's brother John Carder Bush claimed their parents were slightly disappointed when Kate became interested in "mime and dance" as they hoped that their daughter would go to university.
He said: "It led to a certain level of resistance from my parents, though - especially when she announced she wanted to leave school after her O-levels to pursue music and performance. I think they thought she was going to go to university and become a psychiatrist."
John also admitted he doubted his sister's ambition to become a singer, despite her talent for songwriting.
He added to The Sunday Times magazine: "She started writing songs at about 12 and that carried on through her teens. At first it was about imaginary friends, then imaginary lovers, all that sort of stuff. Back then, I don't think she or any of us thought she would have a career as a singer or a performer but maybe as a songwriter."
Meanwhile, Kate, 52, recently revealed she won't be performing live again "for a while".
The 'Running Up that Hill' hitmaker concluded her run of 22 sold-out shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo earlier this month - her first gigs in 35 years - and told fans not to expect to see her again soon.
She told the audience: "We're all really sad as it's the last night. I'm going to miss everyone so much.
"This is our last night... for a while anyway".
Amanda Bynes' parents are relieved she is "safe" after being hospitalised.
The troubled actress was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold at a clinic in Los Angeles on Friday (10.10.14) and Lynn and Rick Bynes are hopeful she will now get the "help" she needs.
A source told People magazine: "They're happy she's safe and that Amanda is finally getting some help."
The 28-year-old star was involuntarily taken to a treatment facility after flying back to Los Angeles from New York, and was picked up from the airport by a car service which she believed was taking her to an appointment at a lawyer's office.
Instead, the driver, as instructed by her parents, their attorney Tamar Arminak and Amanda's friend Sam Lutfi - a former confidante of Britney Spears - took her to the clinic in Pasadena.
And the insider admitted everyone involved in the plan was relieved to have pulled it off successfully in order to get the 'Easy A' actress some help.
The source said: "It was touch and go whether the plan would work. Amanda is erratic and disconnected from reality."
The troubled starlet, who was recently arrested for driving under the influence [DUI] and accused of shoplifting, was met at the treatment facility by her parents' lawyer and doctors placed her under an emergency 5150 hold.
Amanda spent approximately five months in a treatment facility after being placed under a 5150 hold in July 2013 after being arrested for starting a small fire in a stranger's driveway.
She was released in December and appeared to be getting her life back on track until her conservatorship - which legally enabled her mother to take care of her and her assets - came to an end recently.
The clinic will make a decision later today (13.10.14) on whether or not Amanda is ready to be released.
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