Enya Music Quotes & Sayings

I think they find it - they find me quite confusing, because - they know the music, but they don't know anything about me ... because I keep a very private lifestyle so they end up ... making up stories as such. But I don't really concern myself too much about them. — Enya

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

Maybe grace was all around me, bubbling through, passing under my feet, and I'd never seen it because I'd never tried to see. — Lisa Wingate

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

All the same, I don't mean nothin' you wouldn't like yer mas to know about, see? That's straight, that is. It's Art, and that makes all the difference. *When it ain't Art it's dirt, but if it's Art it's all right, see?* — Stella Gibbons

Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing ... You have to dig deep and that can be hard for anybody, no matter what profession. I feel that I need to actually push myself to the limit to feel happy with the end result. — Enya

The heroes of life are so much better than the heroes of romance," said Caroline. — Anthony Trollope

I find that music makes people just sit and listen, firstly. Then, they seem to interpret their own emotions with the music and it makes them ponder their own life a lot. And then they start to question: Am I happy in my work? Am I happy in my relationships? What am I striving for? — Enya

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. — Enya

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

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

I'm afraid to write. It's so dangerous. Anyone who's tried, knows. The danger of stirring up hidden things - and the world is not on the surface, it's hidden in its roots submerged in the depths of the sea. In order to write I must place myself in the void. In this void is where I exist intuitively. But it's a terribly dangerous void: it's where I wring out blood. I'm a writer who fears the snare of words: the words I say hide others - Which? maybe I'll say them. Writing is a stone cast down a deep well. — Clarice Lispector

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. — 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

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music, — 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. — Enya

Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it ... Only humans do that, wizard. — Jim Butcher

Music! Goddammit! Music!" Mom screamed.
"We have some lovely Enya. Very soothing," the midwife said.
"Fuck Enya!" Mom screamed. — Gayle Forman

People listen to the music and sense what it is about. Sometimes they know exactly what the songs are about, sometimes they interpret their own meaning to the music, and thats great when this happens because it shows its striking a chord. — Enya

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. — Enya

I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. — John Green

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success. — Enya