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

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

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

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

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