Quotes By Enya
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.
Enya
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
I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.
Enya
I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
Enya
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.
Enya
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.
Enya
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.
Enya
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.
Enya
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.
Enya
I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.
Enya
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
Enya
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.
Enya
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.
Enya
My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.
Enya
I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
Enya
Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
Enya