Irish - Musician | September 6, 1971 - January 15, 2018
I always come across like I'm looking serious, but I just don't like smiling. Honestly, obviously I'm different in person.
Dolores O'Riordan
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I was so young when I got so famous, and then I kind of put up a wall around myself. I didn't really want to show people any fragilities or fears; I was trying to be this tough person that I felt was expected of me.
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What's amazing is - I actually have problems getting it into my head - Canada is so big, right? And Ireland's small, you know; you drive from coast to coast in three hours.
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For an artist or an entertainer, it's the ultimate when you can go to the forest when you're done your work and escape.
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Men have no idea how much more difficult it is for women in the rock and roll industry, and while we are trying to give birth, breastfeed, all they do is have a good time.
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A lot of these songs just came from day-to-day experiences. And it was a very natural, kind of organic process.
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'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit.
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When The Cranberries got really big in Ireland, it became difficult for me to be there with all the photographers and paparazzi.
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Only we were in The Cranberries. Only we know what it was like being in that crazy whirlwind of fame. We have children and spouses and lives, but there is only one Cranberries.
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Room service is nice. Ooh-la-la, a hotel. At home, it's laundry and school lunches.
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You know that band that are all over 'Melody Maker,' Huggy Bear, they're just a load of crap, right? Riot grrrl group - y'know, it's all sexism and stuff, women standing up for their rights: 'This girl said this at the gig off the stage.' It's nothing got to do with music. They're probably untalented gits when it comes to the crunch.
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My father, I spent a lot of time with him at the hospital. I was with him when he took his last breath, but I felt something coming from him into my hand and into my body.
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