I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.

Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is

The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.

I don't need a man in my 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.

We called the album 'Amarantine' to mean everlasting. Poets use the word to describe an everlasting flower and I loved the image of that.