Dolores O'Riordan Quotes
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When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song.
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And now I tell you openly You have my heart so don't hurt me You're what I couldn't find A totally amazing mind So understanding and so kind You're everything to me.
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Only we were in The Cranberries. Only we know what it was like being in that crazy whirlwind of fame. We have children and spouses and lives, but there is only one Cranberries.
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I thought the best thing to do to bring me back to reality would be to have a child, and by the time I had my first, Taylor, when I was 25, we'd sold 35 million records as a band, and I'd had enough; I knew my sanity was more important than success.
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When the Greatest Hits came out and we did that tour, I just felt I wanted to take a break, totally. Probably because, as well, I was so young when I got famous. I did album, tour, album, tour, album, tour, then I had a public nervous breakdown where I just lost tons of weight.
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The school I went to was so Gaelic that you learned how to play the tin whistle and how to Irish-dance in class.
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I didn't really know many girls, growing up, because there weren't many other people living around where I lived.
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I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.
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I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life.
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I guess the way to keep a grip on reality is just to take breaks in between albums like most normal bands do. Go home and be a person and hang out with your friends. Do separate things and get back to earth and write songs and go out there again.
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Sometimes your kids give you that shove out the door to do things that you need. Teenagers are good that way; they keep you in the loop.
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We were never a frivolous band; we prided ourselves on having something to say, and I think that's what gives your songs longevity.
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Once you succeed at what you're doing, your parents see that what you were doing wasn't so bad after all, though they'd prefer to see you in a secure lifestyle where you have a contract for years and years, or you have a diploma or degree.
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I guess all bands get to that point where they run out of inspiration and just get bored with the chemistry.
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When you're on tour too much or on stage too much, you feel like you have to deliver and get this super-hyped vibe going.
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As you get older, it's good to open up and acknowledge that everybody has their scary moments, their negative moments. And in order to move on and find comfort and hope, you have to stop running from the darkness and face it. And when you face it, it's not that scary at all, and sometimes it actually turns around and runs away.
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I remember when MTV first put 'Linger' in heavy rotation, every time I walked into a diner or a hotel lobby, it was like, 'Jesus, man, here I am again.'
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It's amazing to see anyone come out, let alone tell you they have been waiting so long. They are loyal people, our fans.
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I've come to the conclusion that life is for the taking and just too short to dwell on the negative.
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I got to a point where I referred to myself as Dolores of the Cranberries instead of myself because I alienated my real self from what I became so much.
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It was tough. We went right from being teenagers to musical superstars with money and fame and attention. All of us had a hard time adjusting to it, especially me.
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I love performing, and I love the idea of people buying records. I don't particularly like the idea of people knowing me or thinking they do, but that's a part of what I choose. I choose not to go to college; I choose to be a singer.
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We all wonder about death, where people go and what happens. But certainly, they cross over from this dimension to another one.
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I think there's a difference between somebody who grows up in Paris or London and goes to Los Angeles. But if you grow up in the green fields, and you rarely go into the city, you're so overprotected that when you do go to L.A., it's almost a bigger slap in the head.