Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores O'Riordan
Irish Musician
Born: Sep 6, 1971
Died: Jan 15, 2018
Big Life Me People Time You
I don't appreciate people invading my privacy. Dolores O'Riordan
Privacy People Invading Appreciate
We all wonder about death, where people go and what happens. But certainly, they cross over from this dimension to another one. Dolores O'Riordan
Death People Dimension About Cross Over Another Go Wonder Where Happens Certainly
As you get older, it's good to open up and acknowledge that everybody has their scary moments, their negative moments. And in order to move on and find comfort and hope, you have to stop running from the darkness and face it. And when you face it, it's not that scary at all, and sometimes it actually turns around and runs away. Dolores O'Riordan
Hope Good You Darkness Sometimes Negative Face Move On Older Everybody Running Find Runs Scary Open Comfort Around Up Get Move Stop Order Acknowledge Turns Moments Away Actually
People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole. Dolores O'Riordan
You Soul People See Look Empty Hole Product
When I got pregnant, I started singing again. It was my saving grace. I literally mean having this amazing human life, and our relationship in the sense of mother and child, redeemed my soul. Dolores O'Riordan
Life Relationship Soul Grace Mother Amazing Singing Sense Saving Saving Grace Our Having My Soul Redeemed Got Child Human Literally Again Mean Pregnant Human Life Started
'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit. Dolores O'Riordan
Time Song First Big Band Member Joining Never Wrote Linger Big Hit Hit After Youngest Imagined
When The Cranberries got really big in Ireland, it became difficult for me to be there with all the photographers and paparazzi. Dolores O'Riordan
Me Big Difficult Paparazzi Photographers Became Got Ireland Really
In Canada, anything that's not in the city is referred to as a cottage. Or a log cabin. Dolores O'Riordan
Log Log Cabin City Cottage Cabin Referred Canada Anything
I got to a point where I referred to myself as Dolores of the Cranberries instead of myself because I alienated my real self from what I became so much. Dolores O'Riordan
Myself Alienated Point Self Instead Became Because Got Real Referred Real Self Where Much
My kids mean more to me than anything I thought was important when I was younger. Dolores O'Riordan
Me Thought Important Kids More Than Anything Mean Younger
It's amazing to see anyone come out, let alone tell you they have been waiting so long. They are loyal people, our fans. Dolores O'Riordan
Alone You Waiting People Amazing Fans Long Our Out Tell See Come Been Anyone Loyal
I was so famous that I couldn't leave the hotel room. I remember looking out of the window at all these fans but just feeling so isolated. Dolores O'Riordan
Remember Fans Feeling Looking Out I Remember Window Hotel Hotel Room Isolated Leave Just Famous Room
I lived in buses. I didn't really have anything else. I didn't feel like a female, and I ended up really kind of isolated. Everybody thinks you're so happy and so wealthy and such a big star, but you're really kind of lonely and don't know how to stop it. Dolores O'Riordan
You Happy Lonely Big Everybody Else Kind Wealthy Feel Like Know Female How Isolated Up Ended Big Star Stop Anything Anything Else Buses Really Star Lived Thinks
My mom always had a softer spot for boys, as a lot of Irish women do. If you were a girl, you'd have to sing or wear a pretty dress. But boys could just sit there and be brilliant for sitting there and being boys. It makes you that little bit more forward. Pushy. I was singing, always. Dolores O'Riordan
Mom You Women Brilliant Girl Singing Sit Softer Bit Wear Dress Pretty More Could Had Pushy Sing Spot Makes Boy Always Were Lot Irish Sitting Just Being Little Little Bit Forward
People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too. Dolores O'Riordan
Me People Strong Old Too Spoke Suppose Sing Accent Years Irish Five Often Ask Sang Why
It's important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album. Dolores O'Riordan
Life Time Myself Journey You Long Important Singing Out Kind See Long Journey Take Because Caught Years Lot Off Up Get Did Just Artists Want Burn Themselves Who Now Here Album Third
One day we were in Limerick... and then, a few weeks later, we were being flown around to play. When we started, it was just a hobby. It wasn't any big ambition. Dolores O'Riordan
Day Big Ambition Few Later One Day Weeks Around Were Any Just Hobby Being Then Play Started Flown
The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being. Dolores O'Riordan
Writing Human Being Took Back Background Parenthood Became Person Human Hobby Being Seat
Once you succeed at what you're doing, your parents see that what you were doing wasn't so bad after all, though they'd prefer to see you in a secure lifestyle where you have a contract for years and years, or you have a diploma or degree. Dolores O'Riordan
You Degree Parents Once Though Secure Bad Diploma See Lifestyle Doing Were Years Years And Years Contract Where After Prefer Succeed Your
Growing up, there was a lot of pressure for women to be good-looking, but my mum was very strict, and she didn't allow me to wear make-up. Looking back, it was good for me. It slowed me down from becoming an adult too quickly. Dolores O'Riordan
Good Me Women Strict Pressure Looking Looking Back Down Too Back Wear Adult Allow Good-Looking She Becoming Lot Up Very Quickly Growing Growing Up Mum
I remember when MTV first put 'Linger' in heavy rotation, every time I walked into a diner or a hotel lobby, it was like, 'Jesus, man, here I am again.' Dolores O'Riordan
Time Man I Am Remember First Every Every Time Lobby I Remember Diner Remember When Put Hotel Like MTV Am Linger Walked Heavy Again Rotation Jesus Here
It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super. Dolores O'Riordan
Great Guitar Singing Stage Living Gig Super Getting Really Playing
I'm an icon. I'm the Queen of Limerick. Dolores O'Riordan
Queen Icon
I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly. Dolores O'Riordan
Love I Am Live Kids I Love About Am Trying Endlessly Just Them Now
There's always a party in my bus. Dolores O'Riordan
Party Always Bus
I hated singing, I hated being on stage; I hated being in the Cranberries. I was constantly crying. I was going insane. I wanted to be a shopkeeper, a hairdresser, anything. I was so desperate to have a reality, friends, a regular, boring life. I missed that. Dolores O'Riordan
Life Reality Desperate Singing Stage Insane Hated Constantly Boring Hairdresser Missed Crying Friends Going Being Wanted Anything Regular
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