If I can't be me and be accepted and loved for that, then what's the point? Bronagh Gallagher More Quotes by Bronagh Gallagher More Quotes From Bronagh Gallagher One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house. Bronagh Gallagher sunday epic memories We were raised right in the heart of the Bogside. Everything was so bad at the time that Mammy would bring us to the pantomime, circus, concerts because we were so confined at home. Bronagh Gallagher circus home heart I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that took music and drama very seriously and the teachers were just brilliant. Bronagh Gallagher teacher drama school Music and literature have always and continue to be massive influences. Writers such as Seamus Heaney and Frank McGuinness. I have always admired the humanitarians that I knew growing up in Derry whose influence steered me in the direction of some of the work that I have chosen in the past. Bronagh Gallagher me music work past Music was massive from an early age. My parents were huge music fans, especially soul, and they played records in our house all the time, and me and my brother and sister would dance and sing about the living room. Bronagh Gallagher me music age time I never felt that I should have taken a 'regular job;' I was always lucky enough to be in regular employment as an actress. Bronagh Gallagher never job lucky enough The truth is that I am a very independent person and I've always been. That probably damaged some of my relationships with men. Bronagh Gallagher i-am truth-is truth men
