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" I just block out the demons. I sing. I block them away. I put my pain into my music. I paint. I make my own videos. I direct myself. No one directs me anymore. I am in charge of my destiny. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Myself

Destiny

I Am

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" The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Looking Back

Good

" One day we were in Limerick... and then, a few weeks later, we were being flown around to play. When we started, it was just a hobby. It wasn't any big ambition. "

" 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. "

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Thought

Child

" 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 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. "

" For me, you can't be a big fat pig up there, slovenly and singing croaky and whatnot. You have to work. "

" 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.' "

" 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

" I didn't really know many girls, growing up, because there weren't many other people living around where I lived. "

" When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do. "

" You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam. "

" Each gig is brilliant and fun. When it becomes a routine, we'll take a break. There's no point in doing it if you don't enjoy it. "

" 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. "

" When you're on tour too much or on stage too much, you feel like you have to deliver and get this super-hyped vibe going. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Feel

Too Much

" We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together. "

" The first album didn't become successful until the second was practically written. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I lived in buses. I didn't really have anything else. I didn't feel like a female, and I ended up really kind of isolated. Everybody thinks you're so happy and so wealthy and such a big star, but you're really kind of lonely and don't know how to stop it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I missed a lot of family weddings and funerals because we were out on the road and had these big gigs, and you can't pull out of these gigs at the last minute because too many people are counting on it. It got to the point where I was consumed with that. "

" My parents were in the local church choir, and I used to go along and sing and play the organ at all the weddings and christenings. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Choir

Church

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" A lot of these songs just came from day-to-day experiences. And it was a very natural, kind of organic process. "

" 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. "