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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My first language is Gaelic. "

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

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

" I can only be who I am. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 have had death threats from people with fixations. "

" 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. "

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

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

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

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

" I use my voice as an instrument. "

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

" Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung. "

" 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. "

" Fame and success are very different things. "

" 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? "