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" Either somebody has equal rights, or they don't. And certainly in the Irish constitution, marriage is genderless. There's no mention of a man and a woman. "

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" We have such a culture of discrimination and hatred, and one that has scapegoats and affects people so extremely. That's something that very easily crosses borders. "

" I'm always eager to make new music. "

" I hate nightclubs, and I get fed up very quickly in crowded rooms. I enjoy being around people I know. "

" I look at all good things with a bit of a dark lens, I suppose, especially with something like love. "

" There are a lot of recurring themes that I resonated with when I read 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.' "

" I tried to avoid anything that caused me frustration or grief or duress. I played FarmVille and procrastinated like all teenagers. "

" I didn't know what to expect of real America. What shocked me was the diversity of it and how different every city is. But also just how polite and usually good-willed and optimistic most Americans are. "

" One of my first festivals was Oxygen 2006. It had this amazing lineup with the Arctic Monkeys on their first or second album, the Strokes, Kings of Leon, the Magic Numbers and then the Who and James Brown. I waited in the pit for a good eight hours to see James Brown. "

" I just hate getting my hair cut. "

" I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want to write songs; you just want to enjoy being happy. "

" It was a rural upbringing by the seaside. A real quiet place surrounded by fields. I had to travel into town for school and stuff like that. "

" I find lyrics can come at any time during the day, as can music. "

" I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place. "

" I had just discovered jazz, and I started singing in a kind of blues cover band at the age of 15. We called ourselves - it was a terrible name - the Blue Zoots. We couldn't actually get our hands on zoot suits, nor did we dress in blue. We did covers of Screamin' Jay Hawkins and kind of Blues Brothers repertoire stuff. "

" I spent quite a bit of time in choirs, growing up, and in the world-touring music group Anuna. "

" I was definitely drawn to the mythology of one man, one voice, and one guitar. "

" I'm not quite used to being seen through the eyes of fans yet. Being met with squeals and screams - I haven't gotten used to that. "

" I never wrote music for the mainstream. "

" I think it is important to differentiate between lip service towards something and actually making change. "

" If I could, I'd sing old French songs or American folk music, but I sure as hell can't do it as well as Mississippi John Hurt - no way in hell am I getting near that! "

" I try to face things without regret, or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can. "

" We all run the risk of thinking that people have common sense sometimes. "

" The myth of fame and the myth of success is cultivated because it is monetisable and it is profitable. "

" I didn't even have that many close LGBT friends or anything like that, but I suppose it was growing up and becoming aware of how you are in a cultural landscape that is blatantly homophobic... you turn around and say, 'Why did I grow up in a homophobic place? Why did I grow up in a misogynistic place?' "

" Religion wasn't imposed on me. I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly. "

" I remember one of the first albums I got was an album called 'Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous.' "

" I like playing with light and shade. I like saying awful things in very pretty ways. "

" I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll. "

" The best vocalists I can think of are female. There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it. Her voice has just this immaculate sadness - even in happy songs, there was something that was so broken about it. "

" The best vocalists I can think of are female. "