Enya

The Druids held the trees as very sacred. ”

Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung. ”

As with anything creative, change is inevitable. ”

When you spend two to three years working on an album that I feel very happy with the end result, there is nothing I would change. Musically, I have achieved what I set out to do. ”

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

The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked. ”

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. ”

People tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true. ”

I didn't expect such a huge reaction, but I knew I was doing something different to everything else that was happening at the time. ”

The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can't but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching. ”