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

Dolores O'Riordan

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" For a while there, our writing got really edgy... I've always written about experiences, so when your life gets a bit crazy, you start to write songs that are a bit edgy. "

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" I didn't get a lot of attention from my dad when I was young. That's a big part of it for girls. Because your dad is the first love of your life. If he doesn't put you on his lap and give you a pet, you do end up not really liking yourself that much. "

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" I always come across like I'm looking serious, but I just don't like smiling. Honestly, obviously I'm different in person. "

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" When everybody's looking at you, it does your head in. When you're always on the inside, sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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