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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

People don't look at you singing. They go within themselves and listen. Music is about listening, not looking. That's why I wore these huge baggy dresses on stage with The Cranberries. Dolores O'Riordan

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When my grandfather died, I was on tour, and I didn't go to the funeral. I never got to say goodbye, and this is one of the problems of being in a rock band is that you're away, and your loved ones die, and you can't even see them. Dolores O'Riordan

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I thought the best thing to do to bring me back to reality would be to have a child, and by the time I had my first, Taylor, when I was 25, we'd sold 35 million records as a band, and I'd had enough; I knew my sanity was more important than success. Dolores O'Riordan

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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

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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

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There's always a party in my bus. Dolores O'Riordan

Party Always Bus

I love performing, and I love the idea of people buying records. I don't particularly like the idea of people knowing me or thinking they do, but that's a part of what I choose. I choose not to go to college; I choose to be a singer. Dolores O'Riordan

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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

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

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

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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

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

It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super. Dolores O'Riordan

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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

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

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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

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I'm an icon. I'm the Queen of Limerick. Dolores O'Riordan

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