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I find it hard to work with other musicians because I know from experience that when they play, they play with their feeling, and that restricts me because I know I want to play in my own particular way.
Enya
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Enya
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 17
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My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.
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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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The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.
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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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Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
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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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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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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 am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
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I have had death threats from people with fixations.
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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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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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Look to love and you may dream, and if it should leave then give it wings. But if a love is meant to be, hope is home and the heart is free.
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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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Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.
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Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing.
Enya
The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.
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The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
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We called the album 'Amarantine' to mean everlasting. Poets use the word to describe an everlasting flower and I loved the image of that.
Enya
The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.
Enya
