Enya
Enya
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin, known professionally as Enya, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. Born and raised in County Donegal, Ireland, Enya began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic band Clannad, in 1980. She left the group in 1982 to pursue a solo career with producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, poet and lyricist Roma Ryan, developing her distinct sound of multi-tracked vocals, keyboard instruments, and elements of New age, Celtic, classical, church, and...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionWorld Music Singer
Date of Birth17 May 1961
CityGweedore, Ireland
CountryIreland
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.
Fame and success are very different things.
Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing. ... You have to dig deep and that can be hard for anybody, no matter what profession. I feel that I need to actually push myself to the limit to feel happy with the end result.
I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.
My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music,
My first language is Gaelic.
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.
Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.
I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.
I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.
Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can.
It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
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.