Quotes by irish authors

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you. Enya

Journey You Song Writing First Every Lift Formula Little Note

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. Enya

Success Writing Melody Easy Emotional Make Moment

The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was. Enya

Music Before Sold Knew Itself Anybody Who

My first language is Gaelic. Enya

Language First Gaelic

I use my voice as an instrument. Enya

Voice Instrument Use

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

Composers Classical Classical Composers Tend Listen

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

History Song Gone Every Know Parts Were Note Whole Even

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

Life Man My Life Need

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

Shopping Own Guard Security My Own Dogs Pets Thing Two

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

Music Back Promotion Always Get Want Necessary

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

Unnecessary Seemed More Could Always Been Celebrity Did Famous Things

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. Enya

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. Enya

Success Music Me Focus Easy Lifestyle Feel Towards Because Always Private Normal Fame Very Different Which Low Success Is Means Different Things Keep Profile Things Two

I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom. Eoin Colfer

Bathroom Kids Like Forced Read Because Bed Often Two

When I went to school, I was already reading and writing. In fact, I was offended that the other kids couldn't. Eoin Colfer

Writing School Offended Reading Other Other Kids Kids Fact In Fact

The discovery that light elements could be disintegrated by artificially accelerated particles gave an additional impetus to development work on the various methods of producing them. Ernest Walton

Work Light Gave Additional Various Could Impetus Development Particles Accelerate Methods Discovery Artificially Disintegrated Them Producing Elements