Enya

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.

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

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

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?

The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.

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

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.