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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" My first language is Gaelic. "

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

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

" As with anything creative, change is inevitable. "

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

" 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 success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me. "

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

" I can only be who I am. "

" 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. "