Quotes by Enya

• There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
• The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
• My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.
• My first language is Gaelic.
• 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.
• 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.
• Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
• The Druids held the trees as very sacred.
• The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.
• The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
• The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.
• It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
• The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
• I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.
• 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.
• When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.
• 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.
• 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.
• The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
• I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
• As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
• Fame and success are very different things.
• I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
• I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
• I use my voice as an instrument.
• I can only be who I am.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.
• 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.
• 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.
• I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
• I don't need a man in my life.
• I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.
• I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.