Irish Music Quotes

Irish Music Quote of the day

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.

I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at this as just a job. I think of music as art.

When's the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When's the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent?

I'm not so much a rock star, d'ya know what I mean? I play Irish music. There's really no age when you stop playing Irish music. Even if I retired from playing onstage, I'd still be singing in pubs.

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.

I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance.

Blue grass was the outgrowth of Irish music. As a matter of fact a lot the tunes, a lot of the melodies and the jigs... have different names but are actually the same tunes.

For you can't hear Irish tunes without knowing you're Irish, and wanting to pound that fact into the floor.