Same if you had a bad show, it just rolls off you more easily. Aoife O'Donovan More Quotes by Aoife O'Donovan More Quotes From Aoife O'Donovan 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 peers boards advice I think the consistency comes from the parts. Aoife O'Donovan consistency thinking 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 wish song people 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 joy long people Maybe when I die and I'm thrown overboard, I'll turn into a mermaid. Aoife O'Donovan mermaid overboard turns 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 magic spirit believe 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 morbid writing thinking 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 very-happy planning people 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 overboard ocean sea I've always been fascinated by flight and the freeness of birds. Aoife O'Donovan fascinated flight bird I love the idea of birds having human qualities...I think all humans want to be birds so we can fly. Aoife O'Donovan bird ideas thinking 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 one-on-one my-family whole 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 band different looks 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 layers song people
