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" The first album didn't become successful until the second was practically written. "
Dolores O'Riordan
Become
First
Second
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" Growing up, there was a lot of pressure for women to be good-looking, but my mum was very strict, and she didn't allow me to wear make-up. Looking back, it was good for me. It slowed me down from becoming an adult too quickly. "
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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 always come across like I'm looking serious, but I just don't like smiling. Honestly, obviously I'm different in person. "
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" It was different to what everyone else was doing. It was very hard to pigeonhole The Cranberries. And we were just huge; it was just sensational. "
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" There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short. "
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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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" It's amazing to see anyone come out, let alone tell you they have been waiting so long. They are loyal people, our fans. "
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" The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being. "
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" The school I went to was so Gaelic that you learned how to play the tin whistle and how to Irish-dance in class. "
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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. "
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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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" I hated singing, I hated being on stage; I hated being in the Cranberries. I was constantly crying. I was going insane. I wanted to be a shopkeeper, a hairdresser, anything. I was so desperate to have a reality, friends, a regular, boring life. I missed that. "
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" My mom always had a softer spot for boys, as a lot of Irish women do. If you were a girl, you'd have to sing or wear a pretty dress. But boys could just sit there and be brilliant for sitting there and being boys. It makes you that little bit more forward. Pushy. I was singing, always. "
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" When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song. "
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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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" I was so young when I got so famous, and then I kind of put up a wall around myself. I didn't really want to show people any fragilities or fears; I was trying to be this tough person that I felt was expected of me. "
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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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" We all wonder about death, where people go and what happens. But certainly, they cross over from this dimension to another one. "
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" I remember when MTV first put 'Linger' in heavy rotation, every time I walked into a diner or a hotel lobby, it was like, 'Jesus, man, here I am again.' "
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" Room service is nice. Ooh-la-la, a hotel. At home, it's laundry and school lunches. "
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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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" I missed a lot of family weddings and funerals because we were out on the road and had these big gigs, and you can't pull out of these gigs at the last minute because too many people are counting on it. It got to the point where I was consumed with that. "
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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 important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album. "
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" I didn't know initially whether I'd like doing TV and whether I'd be able to work with other people. I've always done my own thing. I've never put myself into that situation, but it's the most fun I've had in years. "
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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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" We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together. "
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