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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. "

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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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" The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. "

" 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. "

" With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal. "

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

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

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

" I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe. "

" As with anything creative, change is inevitable. "

" It's a noisy environment we all live in, whether it's traffic or the workplace, so it's very difficult to think about your life in general. A lot of people are afraid to do that. They like to hide behind their work and not face up to a big problem in their 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen. "

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

" I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time. "

" 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. "

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

" My first language is Gaelic. "

" I have had death threats from people with fixations. "

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

" The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain. "

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

" It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place. "

" I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person. "

" It's very easy for me to keep a low profile because the focus I feel is always on the music. Success and fame are two different things. And so I feel the success is always towards the music, which means that I can have a very normal and private lifestyle. "

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