The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.

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.

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

Fame and success are very different things.

People listen to the music and sense what it is about. Sometimes they know exactly what the songs are about, sometimes they interpret their own meaning to the music, and thats great when this happens because it shows its striking a chord.

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