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" I am not reclusive. I just have a private life. "

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" When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success. "

" As with anything creative, change is inevitable. "

" When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church. "

" I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life. "

" The fans are very, very loyal. They're always saying, 'When is the next album?' They know when I finish in the studio it's got to be a few years before the next album. "

" People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true. "

" It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were much poorer areas. "

" I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing. "

" I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music. "

" There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you. "

" I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie. "

" Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from. "

" The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can't but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching. "

" The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. "

" I don't need a man in my life. "

" Wintertime for me is a time when I do a lot of my writing in the studio. It's a time I enjoy. And it's very reflective and a very calming time of the year. Throughout the year I gather a lot of musical inspirations, and this is where I bring them to the studio and see what will evolve musically. "

" The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was. "

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

" My first language is Gaelic. "

" I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it. "

" I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve. "

" I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone. "

" I always felt that the music sells by itself. The music has always been the successful aspect on my career, and that means that, to me, I can always still stay very focused on music. "

" My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live. "

" When you spend two to three years working on an album that I feel very happy with the end result, there is nothing I would change. Musically, I have achieved what I set out to do. "

" I use my voice as an instrument. "

" Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can. "

" Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung. "