Zitat des Tages von 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.
I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.
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.
I have had death threats from people with fixations.
The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
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.
The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.
The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.
I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
Fame and success are very different things.
I use my voice as an instrument.
When you spend two to three years working on an album that I feel very happy with the end result, there is nothing I would change. Musically, I have achieved what I set out to do.
It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.
I don't need a man in my life.
I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
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.
It's very easy for me to keep a low profile because the focus I feel is always on the music. Success and fame are two different things. And so I feel the success is always towards the music, which means that I can have a very normal and private lifestyle.
Wintertime for me is a time when I do a lot of my writing in the studio. It's a time I enjoy. And it's very reflective and a very calming time of the year. Throughout the year I gather a lot of musical inspirations, and this is where I bring them to the studio and see what will evolve musically.
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.
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.
The Druids held the trees as very sacred.
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
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.
I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.
I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
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.
When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success.
I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.
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.
There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.
As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
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.
I always felt that the music sells by itself. The music has always been the successful aspect on my career, and that means that, to me, I can always still stay very focused on music.
