Enya: "I am not reclusive. I just have a private life."

Enya: "I always felt that the music sells by itself. The music has always been the successful aspect on my career, and that means that, to me, I can always still stay very focused on music."

Enya: "My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live."

Enya: "I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it."

Enya: "As with anything creative, change is inevitable."

Enya: "Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from."

Enya: "I can only be who I am."

Enya: "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."

Enya: "The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey."

Enya: "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?"

Enya: "I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen."

Enya: "The fans are very, very loyal. They're always saying, 'When is the next album?' They know when I finish in the studio it's got to be a few years before the next album."

Enya: "There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

Enya: "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."

Enya: "I use my voice as an instrument."

Enya: "It's a noisy environment we all live in, whether it's traffic or the workplace, so it's very difficult to think about your life in general. A lot of people are afraid to do that. They like to hide behind their work and not face up to a big problem in their life."

Enya: "I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone."

Enya: "I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me."