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.

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

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

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

There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.

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