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" I don't appreciate people invading my privacy. "
Dolores O'Riordan
People
Appreciate
Invading
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" I was a full-time mom for seven years. You go back on tour, you're back in hotels, you're ordering room service, and you're getting an itinerary slipped under your door every,day. You're kind of thinking, 'Did I go home for seven years, or was that just a dream?' "
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Door
You
Thinking
" Luckily I don't have a sinful past, because there's nothing you can hide from your kids now. "
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Now
Nothing
Hide
" Everyone at school knew I wanted to be a singer. I'd always be banging on the piano playing my new song. The teacher would gather us round, and the whole class would listen. "
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School
Song
Listen
" What's amazing is - I actually have problems getting it into my head - Canada is so big, right? And Ireland's small, you know; you drive from coast to coast in three hours. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Small
Amazing
Problems
" You can't be in a situation where you are not happy. It's as simple as that. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Situation
You
Where
" In Canada, anything that's not in the city is referred to as a cottage. Or a log cabin. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Cabin
City
Cottage
" Room service is nice. Ooh-la-la, a hotel. At home, it's laundry and school lunches. "
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Service
School
Room
" In 1997, we took time off, and that's when Oasis broke and Princess Diana died and I was home with my baby hating the music industry. People asked what I thought about the Spice Girls, and honestly, I was so happy to tell them I couldn't be bothered to care. "
Dolores O'Riordan
People
Time
Music
" It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Europe
Break
Difficult
" The feeling that's in your heart all the time comes out spiritually in your voice and the music. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Music
Feeling
Heart
" My priorities were taking the kids to school and being a mum and being a daughter and being a sister. Just spending a lot of that time with my family that I'd probably lost a lot of, touring with the Cranberries. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Daughter
Family
Time
" It's pretty weird when you are just touring all the time and you don't have a normal life. You're out of touch with reality too much. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Reality
Life
You
" I lived in a small village outside the city and grew up in a large family, so my world was very much centred around that. I used to sing in the local church, and I would also occasionally sing in the local pubs for which I used to get a few bob. That, for me, was the start of my interest in music, which has obviously expanded since then. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Me
Family
Music
" We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Your
Band
Longevity
" I was at that point where my children needed more than going around the planet in the back of a bus. They needed stability, they needed to build their own lives and relationships, and I needed to put my life on hold. I made my choice - I chose my children. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Back
My Life
Children
" It's amazing to see anyone come out, let alone tell you they have been waiting so long. They are loyal people, our fans. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Long
People
Waiting
" I went to Irish dance when I was four. I was playing the tin whistle when I was five. So I think certain things are bred into you. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Irish
Playing
Think
" When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do. "
Dolores O'Riordan
You
Your
Kind
" I guess all bands get to that point where they run out of inspiration and just get bored with the chemistry. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Run
Just
Inspiration
" There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Life Is Too Short
Life
Point
" There's always a party in my bus. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Bus
Party
Always
" You know that band that are all over 'Melody Maker,' Huggy Bear, they're just a load of crap, right? Riot grrrl group - y'know, it's all sexism and stuff, women standing up for their rights: 'This girl said this at the gig off the stage.' It's nothing got to do with music. They're probably untalented gits when it comes to the crunch. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Women
Girl
Group
" I got to a point where I referred to myself as Dolores of the Cranberries instead of myself because I alienated my real self from what I became so much. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Because
Point
Self
" I thought the best thing to do to bring me back to reality would be to have a child, and by the time I had my first, Taylor, when I was 25, we'd sold 35 million records as a band, and I'd had enough; I knew my sanity was more important than success. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Thought
Me
Child
" It's important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Journey
Life
Myself
" 'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Never
Song
Time
" When my grandfather died, I was on tour, and I didn't go to the funeral. I never got to say goodbye, and this is one of the problems of being in a rock band is that you're away, and your loved ones die, and you can't even see them. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Rock
You
Problems
" I love performing, and I love the idea of people buying records. I don't particularly like the idea of people knowing me or thinking they do, but that's a part of what I choose. I choose not to go to college; I choose to be a singer. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Love
Thinking
People
" I'm an artist, and I need to work, like everybody. We need to be challenged and that we're getting up and doing something with our lives. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Artist
Work
Doing
" My husband Don's mother, Denise, was diagnosed with cancer, and she was given eight months to live. We decided to go and stay there and help live her days with her, 'cause you don't get those chances again, right? "
Dolores O'Riordan
Mother
You
Husband