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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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