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" My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live. "

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" 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. "

" I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me. "

" I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person. "

" 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. "

" As with anything creative, change is inevitable. "

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

" I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain. "

" When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success. "

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

" I always felt that the music sells by itself. The music has always been the successful aspect on my career, and that means that, to me, I can always still stay very focused on music. "

" 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? "

" I can only be who I am. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey. "

" I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary. "

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

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

" My first language is Gaelic. "

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

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

" 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. "

" It's very easy for me to keep a low profile because the focus I feel is always on the music. Success and fame are two different things. And so I feel the success is always towards the music, which means that I can have a very normal and private lifestyle. "

" I have had death threats from people with fixations. "

" 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. "

" The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. "