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" I'm not quite used to being seen through the eyes of fans yet. Being met with squeals and screams - I haven't gotten used to that. "

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" The way I did the first album... the way I wrote 'Church'... was just to trust my instincts with the music and let it kind of do what it does. "

" I figured the songs wouldn't make much of a splash. I didn't think 'Take Me To Church' would play on the radio or get in the charts, and I didn't think about dealing with a global audience. "

" If you can say something beautiful in a very terrible way - I was always drawn to that. "

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" I'm not cross about the idea of baptism; I just think the idea that when a child is born it is inherently sinful and carries sin and needs to be cleaned in order for it to be all right and all good with its creator, I just think that's an absurd notion. "

" Regardless of the sexual orientation behind a relationship, it is still a relationship and still love. "

" The main thing is, I can't stay up late partying when I'm on tour. That's not good for my voice or my health in general. "

" I'm not sure if every song will be 'Take Me to Church,' but I can only hope that people enjoy the body of work that I have ahead of me. "

" By nature, I'm an awkward person; I'm a gangly introvert. "

" I try to face things without regret, or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can. "

" I remember writing lyrics for 'Take Me to Church' for a long time before I even had a song in mind for. It's not that I was trying to write that song for a year, but sometimes you just kind of collect lyrical and musical ideas and don't actually complete the song until you feel like they work together and have a home. "

" Social media is an advertisement for the superficial extroverted self. "

" I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place. "

" Things were never as exciting for me as the first gig in New York. "

" Either somebody has equal rights, or they don't. And certainly in the Irish constitution, marriage is genderless. There's no mention of a man and a woman. "

" I was definitely drawn to the mythology of one man, one voice, and one guitar. "

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" I never wrote music for the mainstream. "

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" I spent quite a bit of time in choirs, growing up, and in the world-touring music group Anuna. "

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" I didn't even have that many close LGBT friends or anything like that, but I suppose it was growing up and becoming aware of how you are in a cultural landscape that is blatantly homophobic... you turn around and say, 'Why did I grow up in a homophobic place? Why did I grow up in a misogynistic place?' "

" I feel my duty is to make music. "

" When you play to an audience, you come away energized. It's the promo that really breaks an artist. Some lad sitting on a box trying to create a drum sound in a dry little studio. Everyone goes, 'Great - okay, now on with my day.' You go back to the bus, and you weep. "