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

Dolores O'Riordan

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" Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out? "

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

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" 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. "

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" I enjoyed living in Canada, where my husband comes from, because I was treated like any ordinary person. I became a volunteer at my children's school; I went into the classroom. It was very grounding. I got sick of being famous. "

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" People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too. "

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

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" I'm an icon. I'm the Queen of Limerick. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times better than a man had to be. "

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" 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. "

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" There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short. "

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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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" The things a young woman goes through between the ages of 18 and 20 are far different than what a young woman can go through between 20 and 22. "

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" 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. "

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

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" The school I went to was so Gaelic that you learned how to play the tin whistle and how to Irish-dance in class. "

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" In Canada, anything that's not in the city is referred to as a cottage. Or a log cabin. "

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" When The Cranberries got really big in Ireland, it became difficult for me to be there with all the photographers and paparazzi. "

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" I worked myself into a frenzy. By 1996, I had a nervous breakdown just from working. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, just getting anxiety attacks and all of that stuff because I was doing too much, too young, all the time. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I lived in a small village outside the city and grew up in a large family, so my world was very much centred around that. I used to sing in the local church, and I would also occasionally sing in the local pubs for which I used to get a few bob. That, for me, was the start of my interest in music, which has obviously expanded since then. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" My husband Don's mother, Denise, was diagnosed with cancer, and she was given eight months to live. We decided to go and stay there and help live her days with her, 'cause you don't get those chances again, right? "

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" I don't appreciate people invading my privacy. "

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" I was so famous that I couldn't leave the hotel room. I remember looking out of the window at all these fans but just feeling so isolated. "

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" 'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit. "

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