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
I don't need a man in my life.
A lot of 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.
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.
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.
The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion but without ever knowing the reason for its flowing in motion on the ocean the moon still keeps on moving the waves still keep on waving and I still keep on going
Place a name upon the night One to set your heart alight And to make the darkness bright Paint the sky with stars.
I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.
Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
Look to love and you may dream, and if it should leave then give it wings. But if a love is meant to be, hope is home and the heart is free.
We called the album 'Amarantine' to mean everlasting. Poets use the word to describe an everlasting flower and I loved the image of that.
The bright days of my youthThey were full of hopeThe great journey that was before me thenWas what was destined to be, bye bye.Now I'm sorrowful,The day is long past.Alas and woe, oh.
When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.
There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.