Dolores O'Riordan

There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short. ”

For a while there, our writing got really edgy... I've always written about experiences, so when your life gets a bit crazy, you start to write songs that are a bit edgy. ”

It's pretty weird when you are just touring all the time and you don't have a normal life. You're out of touch with reality too much. ”

When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do. ”

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

I enjoyed living in Canada, where my husband comes from, because I was treated like any ordinary person. I became a volunteer at my children's school; I went into the classroom. It was very grounding. I got sick of being famous. ”

I was 19 when I wrote 'Dreams,' and that would have been when it started to happen. The band got signed, and I was probably beginning to see different things besides my small town of Ballybricken. ”

I've come to the conclusion that life is for the taking and just too short to dwell on the negative. ”

You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform. ”

To me, life is a bit of everything. I have the band, I have my kids. Life is a big picture. It's not just your career. ”