I'm really focusing on songs that transfer well to live music, because my live band is such an important part of what… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I think the No. 1 biggest misconception about country music is that you have to have been born in a certain place… — CMAT Copy Share Image
The way I communicate is exactly the way in speech and amongst friends as it is in music. — CMAT Copy Share Image
I was in a fan forum for Bombay Bicycle Club. I had blogs about them and I wrote fan fiction about them.… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I'm just doing my job, which is musician, and people have either an issue with me or they're like, 'She's so inspirational.'… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, when they write a song, they put it on a pedestal - and it shouldn't be.… — CMAT Copy Share Image
More than success, there's a bigger gremlin that wants me to make music that's really good. She's brutal and has ruined my… — CMAT Copy Share Image
There's a lot of musicians and songwriters who as soon as they ascend into being professional, they elect to lead the life… — CMAT Copy Share Image
The kind of head space that good songs come from is one of extreme emotion, extreme depth of feeling, which has an… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I just want to get better at writing songs. That's pretty much the only end goal for me. I really hope I… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I think the structure of everything I do is probably always going to come from country music. — CMAT Copy Share Image
Dublin and the Irish music scene in general has the exact same thing going on that Nashville has. Where authenticity is regarded… — CMAT Copy Share Image
People go, 'All country songs at the same,' but I find the more everyday you go, the more laser-focused you can on… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm a bit of a vaudeville act; I like to jump around the stage and do little silly bits, but as… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Whenever something gets in the way of me making music, I go crazy - cut -my-hair-off-and-glue-it-to-the-walls level of crazy. Thinking God is… — CMAT Copy Share Image
We didn't really have any music that wasn't the radio, I wasn't exposed to any alternative music or anything until I was… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I've had a high turnover of band members because I require something very specific, musically. I require someone who's really creative, as… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I think I've started doubling down on a couple of things that are very specific to me. Now I'm two albums in,… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I realised the thing I was best at in music was toplining - coming up with melodies, lyrics, hooks, arrangements, structure; the… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Half of the country music fans in America who have listened to me, do not like me! — CMAT Copy Share Image
The reason I was attracted to country music in the first place is because I am very romantic. — CMAT Copy Share Image
I don't think any type of music is more important than another, but I do feel like pop music, the most simplified… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Back in the day, there was not a woman to be seen for miles. There were no women in indie music because… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Christmas is the only time of year where you get to experience a truly, truly indulgent potato. — CMAT Copy Share Image
I can't leave the house without earrings. I think I'd rather die. I think I'd rather die than leave the house without a pair… — CMAT Copy Share Image
My dad had a job in computers, we didn't really have any money, we weren't affluent, but we were fine. — CMAT Copy Share Image
I'm really focusing on songs that transfer well to live music, because my live band is such an important part of what I do.… — CMAT Copy Share Image
Even when I was a child, I used to constantly get into trouble at school because I couldn't stop talking and people didn't like… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I really do think that in life, people just want to talk about their problems. In particular, Irish people and English people don't really… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I don't think Lena Dunham is any worse a person than Dua Lipa. I just think that some people are really careful about what… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think that I'm a humorist or comedy songwriter. I will never take offence, but I think a lot… — CMAT Copy Share Image
My name is CMAT and I'm literally just a young one from Dunboyne/Dublin, depending who you ask. — CMAT Copy Share Image
