Quotes By Enya

Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

The Druids held the trees as very sacred.

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.

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.

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

I use my voice as an instrument.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.

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 didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time.

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.

I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.

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 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.

I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.

Fame and success are very different things.

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.

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.

The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.

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