Enya Quotes
Enya, born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer.
(1961 - )
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As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
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Fame and success are very different things.
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I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
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I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
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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 could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
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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.
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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.
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I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.
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I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.
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I don't need a man in my life.
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I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
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I have had death threats from people with fixations.
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I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
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I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.
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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.
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I use my voice as an instrument.
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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.
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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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