Top 48 Quotes by Enya

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

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

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.

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.

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.

The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.

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.

The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.

I don't need a man in my life.

I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.