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Enya
Irish
Musician
About the author
There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#First
#Writing
#Song
#Journey
#Formula
The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Security
#Celebrity
#May
#Knowledge
My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Idea
#Beliefs
My first language is Gaelic.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#First
#Language
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Music
#Press
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Time
#People
Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Being
#Singing
The Druids held the trees as very sacred.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Trees
The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Music
The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Journey
#Ocean
The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Events
It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Want
The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Success
#Writing
I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Church
#Growing up
When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Success
#Forget
#Music
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Fans
#Sense
#Music
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Life
#Writing
#Change
#Music
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Success
#Thought
#Music
I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Celebrity
#Famous
As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Change
Fame and success are very different things.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Success
#Fame
I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Life
I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Life
#Love
#Change
#Job
I use my voice as an instrument.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Voice
I can only be who I am.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Popular
#Ireland
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Time
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Career
#Events
#Company
I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Want
#Music
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Love
#Writing
#Listening
#Walking
#Discipline
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.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#History
#Song
I have had death threats from people with fixations.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#People
#Death
I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Years
#Europe
I don't need a man in my life.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Life
#Man
I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Security
#Dogs
#Pets
I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.
Enya,
Irish
Musician
#Want
#Music
#Promotion