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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. "

Dolores O'Riordan

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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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" One day we were in Limerick... and then, a few weeks later, we were being flown around to play. When we started, it was just a hobby. It wasn't any big ambition. "

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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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" In Canada, anything that's not in the city is referred to as a cottage. Or a log cabin. "

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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 keep my children safe and protected from all my baggage. They get to have a normal childhood, and they're not affected by my life. "

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" I write about what is getting to me at the time, about the things you need to talk about, but which would sound silly if you sat down and told them to your friend. I only write for myself, to get my emotions out. It's self-therapeutic. "

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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 always a party in my bus. "

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" I was so famous that I couldn't leave the hotel room. I remember looking out of the window at all these fans but just feeling so isolated. "

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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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" People don't look at you singing. They go within themselves and listen. Music is about listening, not looking. That's why I wore these huge baggy dresses on stage with The Cranberries. "

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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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" 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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" I was a full-time mom for seven years. You go back on tour, you're back in hotels, you're ordering room service, and you're getting an itinerary slipped under your door every,day. You're kind of thinking, 'Did I go home for seven years, or was that just a dream?' "

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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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" When The Cranberries got really big in Ireland, it became difficult for me to be there with all the photographers and paparazzi. "

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" A lot of these songs just came from day-to-day experiences. And it was a very natural, kind of organic process. "

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" I'm an artist, and I need to work, like everybody. We need to be challenged and that we're getting up and doing something with our lives. "

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" Only we were in The Cranberries. Only we know what it was like being in that crazy whirlwind of fame. We have children and spouses and lives, but there is only one Cranberries. "

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" People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too. "

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" The things a young woman goes through between the ages of 18 and 20 are far different than what a young woman can go through between 20 and 22. "

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" For a while there, our writing got really edgy... I've always written about experiences, so when your life gets a bit crazy, you start to write songs that are a bit edgy. "

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" I lived in a small village outside the city and grew up in a large family, so my world was very much centred around that. I used to sing in the local church, and I would also occasionally sing in the local pubs for which I used to get a few bob. That, for me, was the start of my interest in music, which has obviously expanded since then. "

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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. "

Dolores O'Riordan

" 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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" I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly. "

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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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" 'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit. "

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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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