Aoife O'Donovan Quotes

• I think the consistency comes from the parts.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Thinking, Consistency

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Advice, Boards, Peers

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• You might not be riding high on a great show for as long because you didn't have people to share the joy with.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Long, People, Joy

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I've always been fascinated by flight and the freeness of birds.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Bird, Flight, Fascinated

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Writing, Thinking, Morbid

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Song, People, Wish

  "The Enchanting Solo Flight of Singer Aoife O’Donovan". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2016.

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• Same if you had a bad show, it just rolls off you more easily.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Shows, Ifs

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Maybe when I die and I'm thrown overboard, I'll turn into a mermaid.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Mermaid, Overboard, Turns

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• It's not that I literally believe in magic or spirits. In my logical life I absolutely don't believe in any kind of mumbo jumbo. But I do have this belief in the greater magic of the universe.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Believe, Magic, Spirit

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I really am planning on living to be 100. People ask, "Why are you so depressed?" I'm actually a very happy person.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  People, Planning, Very Happy

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I've always wanted to be thrown into the ocean when I die - to be rowed out to sea and thrown overboard into the Atlantic.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Ocean, Sea, Overboard

  "The Enchanting Solo Flight of Singer Aoife O’Donovan". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2016.

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• I love the idea of birds having human qualities...I think all humans want to be birds so we can fly.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Thinking, Ideas, Bird

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• My relationship to all my family in Ireland is more to family as a whole. It wasn't that we had a very specific one-on-one relationship.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  My Family, Whole, One On One

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Performing alone - it's a very solitary experience. When you're in a band, when something amazing happens on stage you can look at each other, "Yeah! we're so locked in." Or if something goes wrong, you can look at each other and shrug and say, "Oops." If you're doing it by yourself, you reflect on it in a completely different way.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Different, Looks, Band

  "The Enchanting Solo Flight of Singer Aoife O’Donovan". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2016.

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• The songs came from a more solitary place and I hadn't played them with many people before recording. So I just added the layers of people who are in my life, and built up the songs.

  Aoife O'Donovan

  Song, People, Layers

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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