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The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial it was something very personal to me.

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Enya
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 17
Composer
Film Score Composer
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Gaoth Dobhair
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin
Enya Brennan
Eithne Ni Bhraonain
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin
Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain
Music
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Never
Congratulations
Commercial
Surprised
Personal
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