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There is no formula to it because writing every song, for me, is a little journey.

— Enya The Telegraph interview (2005)

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They are as much "Enya" as I am.

The Telegraph interview (2005)

A lot of 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.

KSCA interview (1996)

Amarantine is an ancient word, which means eternity. The poets describe an undying flower with that word, and I fell in love with that idea ...

Anna interview (2005)

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary ... Fame and success are very different things, anyway.

The Times Magazine interview (2005)

People have this image of me as an ethereal Lady of Shalott, floating across the battlements, but it's a very small castle as castles go — with no big ballrooms...

You interview (2006)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

Suman Pokhrel

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Robert Benchley

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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