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" I was 19 when I wrote 'Dreams,' and that would have been when it started to happen. The band got signed, and I was probably beginning to see different things besides my small town of Ballybricken. "

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" When I got pregnant, I started singing again. It was my saving grace. I literally mean having this amazing human life, and our relationship in the sense of mother and child, redeemed my soul. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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Mother

Life

" I didn't know initially whether I'd like doing TV and whether I'd be able to work with other people. I've always done my own thing. I've never put myself into that situation, but it's the most fun I've had in years. "

" 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. "

" You never find peace in this realm, but it's okay, because when my dad went to the other side, he looks after me now better than he did in life. He is with me all the time. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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Life

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We all got older, and we'd tell our children things like, 'Mommy used to be in a famous rock band,' but they didn't believe us. Part of the reason for our reunion was to show our children what we did to make the lives they have possible. "

" 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?' "

" 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

" I've come to the conclusion that life is for the taking and just too short to dwell on the negative. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Luckily I don't have a sinful past, because there's nothing you can hide from your kids now. "

" 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. "

" As you get older, it's good to open up and acknowledge that everybody has their scary moments, their negative moments. And in order to move on and find comfort and hope, you have to stop running from the darkness and face it. And when you face it, it's not that scary at all, and sometimes it actually turns around and runs away. "

" I guess all bands get to that point where they run out of inspiration and just get bored with the chemistry. "

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

" 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. "

" The feeling that's in your heart all the time comes out spiritually in your voice and the music. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My kids mean more to me than anything I thought was important when I was younger. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Kids

Thought

" It was tough. We went right from being teenagers to musical superstars with money and fame and attention. All of us had a hard time adjusting to it, especially me. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Money

Fame

" 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. "