My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing.

Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.

There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.

I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.