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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.

Enya

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Enya
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 17
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Film Score Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Gaoth Dobhair
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin
Enya Brennan
Eithne Ni Bhraonain
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin
Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain
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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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Place a name upon the night One to set your heart alight And to make the darkness bright Paint the sky with stars.
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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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The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can't but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching.
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Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing. You have to dig deep and that can be hard for anybody, no matter what profession. I feel that I need to actually push myself to the limit to feel happy with the end result.
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When there's a shadow, you follow the sun. When there is love, then you look for the one. And for the promises, there is the sky. And for the heavens are those who can fly.
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My first language is Gaelic.
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Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing.
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My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.
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The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.
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The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
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I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
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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.
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It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
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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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Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
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The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.
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You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is
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The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
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