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" It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place. "

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" I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve. "

" I don't need a man in my life. "

" People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true. "

" The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can't but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching. "

" I can only be who I am. "

" There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you. "

" I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing. "

" I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie. "

" I find that music makes people just sit and listen, firstly. Then, they seem to interpret their own emotions with the music and it makes them ponder their own life a lot. And then they start to question: Am I happy in my work? Am I happy in my relationships? What am I striving for? "

" The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked. "

" The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was. "

" I am not reclusive. I just have a private life. "

" I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it. "

" I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen. "

" When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church. "

" The fans are very, very loyal. They're always saying, 'When is the next album?' They know when I finish in the studio it's got to be a few years before the next album. "

" It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were much poorer areas. "

" Wintertime for me is a time when I do a lot of my writing in the studio. It's a time I enjoy. And it's very reflective and a very calming time of the year. Throughout the year I gather a lot of musical inspirations, and this is where I bring them to the studio and see what will evolve musically. "

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

" It's a noisy environment we all live in, whether it's traffic or the workplace, so it's very difficult to think about your life in general. A lot of people are afraid to do that. They like to hide behind their work and not face up to a big problem in their life. "

" I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life. "

" I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone. "

" My first language is Gaelic. "

" I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music. "

" I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time. "

" When you spend two to three years working on an album that I feel very happy with the end result, there is nothing I would change. Musically, I have achieved what I set out to do. "

" The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me. "

" With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal. "

" Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can. "

" I use my voice as an instrument. "