Enya Quotes

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

Love, Writing, Discipline

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

Life, Private, Reclusive

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.
Enya

Change, Creative, Inevitable

I can only be who I am.
Enya

I have had death threats from people with fixations.
Enya

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

History, Whole, Song

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

Great, Ocean, Journey

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

Success, Music, Thought

Fame and success are very different things.
Enya

Success, Different, Fame

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

Life, Love, Change

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

Music, Person, Seen

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
Enya

Famous, Celebrity, Seemed

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

Time, Different, Else

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

Down, Start, Playing

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

Music, Necessary, Promotion

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

Two, Security, Shopping

I don't need a man in my life.
Enya

I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
Enya

Two, Europe, Enjoyed

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.
Enya

Listen, Classical, Composers

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

Person, Career, Keep

I use my voice as an instrument.
Enya

Voice, Instrument

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

Long, Speak, Popular

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

Place, Cold, Castle

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.
Enya

Best, Live, Around

My first language is Gaelic.
Enya

Language, Gaelic

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Born: May 17, 1961

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