My kids mean more to me than anything I thought was important when I was younger. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
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. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
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. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
The things a young woman goes through between the ages of 18 and 20 are far different than what a young woman can go through between 20 and 22. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
One day we were in Limerick… and then, a few weeks later, we were being flown around to play. When we started, it was just a hobby. It wasn’t any big ambition. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
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. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
When everybody’s looking at you, it does your head in. When you’re always on the inside, sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
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. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
We all got older, and we’d tell our children things like, ‘Mommy used to be in a famous rock band,’ but they didn’t believe us. Part of the reason for our reunion was to show our children what we did to make the lives they have possible. Dolores O'Riordan Read Quote
