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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you. "

" 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. "

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

" I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The Druids held the trees as very sacred. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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? "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 can only be who I am. "

" 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. "

" 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. "