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

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" 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 could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary. "

" 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. "

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" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me. "

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

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" My first language is Gaelic. "

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" I find that music makes people just sit and listen, firstly. Then, they seem to interpret their own emotions with the music and it makes them ponder their own life a lot. And then they start to question: Am I happy in my work? Am I happy in my relationships? What am I striving for? "

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

" I can only be who I am. "