Irish - Musician | September 6, 1971 - January 15, 2018
It was tough. We went right from being teenagers to musical superstars with money and fame and attention. All of us had a hard time adjusting to it, especially me.
Dolores O'Riordan
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I don't appreciate people invading my privacy.
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The school I went to was so Gaelic that you learned how to play the tin whistle and how to Irish-dance in class.
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People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too.
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I didn't really know many girls, growing up, because there weren't many other people living around where I lived.
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Everyone at school knew I wanted to be a singer. I'd always be banging on the piano playing my new song. The teacher would gather us round, and the whole class would listen.
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You can't be in a situation where you are not happy. It's as simple as that.
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People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole.
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You never find peace in this realm, but it's okay, because when my dad went to the other side, he looks after me now better than he did in life. He is with me all the time.
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Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times better than a man had to be.
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When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to be really popular, but when that happened, there was so much pressure to keep it going.
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When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do.
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