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" 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. "

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

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

" My first language is Gaelic. "

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

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

" As with anything creative, change is inevitable. "

" 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 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? "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

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

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

" Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from. "

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

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

" I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe. "