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" It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're Irish. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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" Men have no idea how much more difficult it is for women in the rock and roll industry, and while we are trying to give birth, breastfeed, all they do is have a good time. "

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

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" I keep my children safe and protected from all my baggage. They get to have a normal childhood, and they're not affected by my life. "

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

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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 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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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" People don't look at you singing. They go within themselves and listen. Music is about listening, not looking. That's why I wore these huge baggy dresses on stage with The Cranberries. "

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" 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. "

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" When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity. "

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" 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. "

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" I remember when MTV first put 'Linger' in heavy rotation, every time I walked into a diner or a hotel lobby, it was like, 'Jesus, man, here I am again.' "

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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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" It was great about the sizes of the audiences we were getting in America, but sometimes you feel like telling some of the men that you're not on stage to have your body looked at. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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