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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. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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" It's pretty weird when you are just touring all the time and you don't have a normal life. You're out of touch with reality too much. "

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

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" When the Greatest Hits came out and we did that tour, I just felt I wanted to take a break, totally. Probably because, as well, I was so young when I got famous. I did album, tour, album, tour, album, tour, then I had a public nervous breakdown where I just lost tons of weight. "

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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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" My father, I spent a lot of time with him at the hospital. I was with him when he took his last breath, but I felt something coming from him into my hand and into my body. "

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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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" Everyone at school knew I wanted to be a singer. I'd always be banging on the piano playing my new song. The teacher would gather us round, and the whole class would listen. "

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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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" It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super. "

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" U2 and Sinead O'Connor - I haven't a clue why we're compared to them. Apart from us all being Irish, we've nothing in common. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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" There's always a party in my bus. "

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" When you're on tour too much or on stage too much, you feel like you have to deliver and get this super-hyped vibe going. "

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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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" When my grandfather died, I was on tour, and I didn't go to the funeral. I never got to say goodbye, and this is one of the problems of being in a rock band is that you're away, and your loved ones die, and you can't even see them. "

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" I lived in buses. I didn't really have anything else. I didn't feel like a female, and I ended up really kind of isolated. Everybody thinks you're so happy and so wealthy and such a big star, but you're really kind of lonely and don't know how to stop it. "

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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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" 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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" Each gig is brilliant and fun. When it becomes a routine, we'll take a break. There's no point in doing it if you don't enjoy it. "

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

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" For an artist or an entertainer, it's the ultimate when you can go to the forest when you're done your work and escape. "

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" People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole. "

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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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" In 1997, we took time off, and that's when Oasis broke and Princess Diana died and I was home with my baby hating the music industry. People asked what I thought about the Spice Girls, and honestly, I was so happy to tell them I couldn't be bothered to care. "

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" Once you succeed at what you're doing, your parents see that what you were doing wasn't so bad after all, though they'd prefer to see you in a secure lifestyle where you have a contract for years and years, or you have a diploma or degree. "

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" I love to go home to my kids. I don't have that lull in my life when I didn't have them. "

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