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" It's important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album. "

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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. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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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. "

" I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We all wonder about death, where people go and what happens. But certainly, they cross over from this dimension to another one. "

" My priorities were taking the kids to school and being a mum and being a daughter and being a sister. Just spending a lot of that time with my family that I'd probably lost a lot of, touring with the Cranberries. "

" You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform. "

" 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. "

" You can't be in a situation where you are not happy. It's as simple as that. "

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

" 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. "

" 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? "

" I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly. "

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

" I went very close to the edge, but it's nice to have been strong enough to get through it. I'm lucky I had family, a good husband, and my mom. People like that help balance you. When you're feeling down and bad, it's the people that love you who kind of sort your head out for you. "

" 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 write about what is getting to me at the time, about the things you need to talk about, but which would sound silly if you sat down and told them to your friend. I only write for myself, to get my emotions out. It's self-therapeutic. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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Friend

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

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

Dolores O'Riordan

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Thought

" 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. "

" Room service is nice. Ooh-la-la, a hotel. At home, it's laundry and school lunches. "

" 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. "

" 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

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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. "

Dolores O'Riordan

Family

Music

" I look like that in the morning: my hair's all greasy - it's not, 'Hey, look at the babe of the band!' I hate that kind of thing, the way women are always pushed forward as beauties... it's very easy: you can make the ugliest pig look lovely in a photograph. "

" 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. "

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

" To me, life is a bit of everything. I have the band, I have my kids. Life is a big picture. It's not just your career. "