There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
From Enya
The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.
The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.
The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
The Druids held the trees as very sacred.
Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
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.
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.
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