The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of m… - Enya

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The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me... The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.

Enya

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Enya (born May 17 1961), birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes presented in the media as the Anglicized Enya Brennan), is Ireland's best-selling solo musician. As a musical group, Enya is really three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages. Enya is a phonetic approximation of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish.

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Alternative Names: Eithne Ní Bhraonáin • Enya Brennan • Eithne Ni Bhraonain • Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin • Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain • Enya Patricia Brennan

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Listen to the rain Here it comes again Hear it in the rain Feel the touch of tears that fall — they won't fall forever In the way the day will flow all things come, all things go.

A lot of people tend to think that because I need all this time on my own in the studio, that I need time on my own, period. And that's not really true.

What I was looking for was a romantic athmosphere that I could feel at home with. I think I've achieved that. I love my home. I have friends round. I take care to live in it, not to work in it.

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