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" I hated singing, I hated being on stage; I hated being in the Cranberries. I was constantly crying. I was going insane. I wanted to be a shopkeeper, a hairdresser, anything. I was so desperate to have a reality, friends, a regular, boring life. I missed that. "

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" 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

" Men have no idea how much more difficult it is for women in the rock and roll industry, and while we are trying to give birth, breastfeed, all they do is have a good time. "

" When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song. "

" It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super. "

" Sometimes your kids give you that shove out the door to do things that you need. Teenagers are good that way; they keep you in the loop. "

" I love to go home to my kids. I don't have that lull in my life when I didn't have them. "

" My father, I spent a lot of time with him at the hospital. I was with him when he took his last breath, but I felt something coming from him into my hand and into my body. "

" I think there's a difference between somebody who grows up in Paris or London and goes to Los Angeles. But if you grow up in the green fields, and you rarely go into the city, you're so overprotected that when you do go to L.A., it's almost a bigger slap in the head. "

" We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It was great about the sizes of the audiences we were getting in America, but sometimes you feel like telling some of the men that you're not on stage to have your body looked at. "

" It was different to what everyone else was doing. It was very hard to pigeonhole The Cranberries. And we were just huge; it was just sensational. "

" I don't appreciate people invading my privacy. "

" When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to be really popular, but when that happened, there was so much pressure to keep it going. "

" Once you succeed at what you're doing, your parents see that what you were doing wasn't so bad after all, though they'd prefer to see you in a secure lifestyle where you have a contract for years and years, or you have a diploma or degree. "

" I worked myself into a frenzy. By 1996, I had a nervous breakdown just from working. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, just getting anxiety attacks and all of that stuff because I was doing too much, too young, all the time. "

" 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? "

" People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole. "

" For an artist or an entertainer, it's the ultimate when you can go to the forest when you're done your work and escape. "

" 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. "

" Growing up, there was a lot of pressure for women to be good-looking, but my mum was very strict, and she didn't allow me to wear make-up. Looking back, it was good for me. It slowed me down from becoming an adult too quickly. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Looking Back

Good

" When The Cranberries got really big in Ireland, it became difficult for me to be there with all the photographers and paparazzi. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Difficult

Got

" It's amazing to see anyone come out, let alone tell you they have been waiting so long. They are loyal people, our fans. "

" I remember when MTV first put 'Linger' in heavy rotation, every time I walked into a diner or a hotel lobby, it was like, 'Jesus, man, here I am again.' "

" I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life. "

" I was so young when I got so famous, and then I kind of put up a wall around myself. I didn't really want to show people any fragilities or fears; I was trying to be this tough person that I felt was expected of me. "

" 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

Child

" You can't be in a situation where you are not happy. It's as simple as that. "

" 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. "