Caroline Corr

Irish singer and member of The Corrs

Caroline Georgina Corr MBEis an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band The Corrs. In addition to the drums, she plays the bodhran, cajon, percussions and piano.

About the Caroline Corr

Caroline Georgina Corr MBEis an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band The Corrs. In addition to the drums, she plays the bodhran, cajon, percussions and piano.

The Corr siblings were appointed honorary MBEs in 2005, in recognition of their music and charitable work, which has raised money for the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, victims of the Omagh Bombing and other charities.

31 Quotes by Caroline Corr

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    Our parents were musicians.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Oh yeah, we all write. That’s what’s great about when you have basics in piano.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it’s been good to be involved completely musically as well.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn’t go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn’t particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Yes, we record practically everything on Pro Tools.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    It’s been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it’s actually working out okay.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    There’s actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I really like to have a bit of direction, you know?

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Well I had a musical background, but I still didn’t know a lot about drums at the time.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I really didn’t even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn’t a bad thing when I look back at it.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    And I’ve played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    But I do have an idea in my head before I go in about what I’m going to do.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I would like not only to have a successful band, but I want to have children, a home, and a husband. Two or three. Children, not husbands!!!

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I’ve always stayed pretty fit. I felt I needed to give myself energy by exercising and things like that.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    When I was drumming with Mick Fleetwood I thought I looked half mad. I thought I looked half crazy.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I used to play the piano in the band, and so there’s some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    We do it because we love to play music and that’s what we’re all about.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we’d all be playing the same thing!!

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I’m not the hottest tuner on the planet, so I normally get someone to come out and do it for me.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    I mean, y’know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    We go in and I do my thing, and then we supplement it with whatever we want.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    In Ireland, it’s been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they’re Irish.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs

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    We’ve worked very hard as a band and would like to think we’ve got this far on the strength of our music.

    Caroline Corr

    Irish singer and member of The Corrs