For me this career and that I am privileged to do a job I love to do, means really, really much. 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.
changemusicsuccesstso-lifetso-love
Sitting and 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. It is like having a mirror held up in front of you, looking into yourself and asking these questions.
changemusictso-life
As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
change
When I left school, I had a list of priorities headed by 'marriage' and 'children'. That is how, I suppose, as a woman, you are brought up to think. At the same time, as I grew older, I told myself that if it happens, it happens, and that will be fine, but if it doesn't, that will be fine, too.
marriagethetimestime
I get very inspired by traveling, by being home in Donegal... all those wonderful moments I'll take with me to the studio. And they, ah, then become at some stage, a melody. That emotion that I loved at some stage will evolve as a melody.
emotionshome
What I was looking for was a romantic athmosphere that I could feel at home with. I think I've achieved that. I love my home. I have friends round. I take care to live in it, not to work in it.
hometso-lovework
I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
history
I suppose there's a certain way I like the music to be performed, and I feel I can capture it better than anyone else. I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
historymusic
Fame and success are very different things.
famesuccess
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
musicsuccess
The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
success
When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.
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.
disciplinelisteningtso-love
For me, I've derived from religion... what... I enjoy... and it's to go to church, but usually... when there's nobody else there. I just love that moment, ah, to just sit there. It's very peaceful, very calm, and very therapeutic, and it's... wonderful.
religiontso-love
My first language is Gaelic.
language