I never thought that was even possible, to have your friends working with you. In the music, yes, in the creative side,… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
Designers become translators for me. That's why I've gone to people like Gareth Pugh and Viktor and Rolf - they are speaking… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
'Take Her Up to Monto' is a very satirical song. I don't really like people calling it a folk song because it… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I was surrounded by music in my family, surrounded by people who sang songs - every single person I knew as a… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
Once I was embraced by gay culture, I finally started to feel I was fitting in. I was understood by those people… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I think my whole career has been marked - or marred - by what people presume about me. But even that's fed… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
When I had my first child, I went back to Ireland to live with my mother. So, a typical day there was me being… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
My music's like waiting for a bus. You wait a long time for one, then a whole heap of them come along. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
You can't get a better education in what it is to write songs until you listen to American soul music. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I always try to lace my work with just a teensy-weensy bit of humour. It's rather like putting a sprig of feathery stuff in… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
My da used to sing 'Take Her Up to Monto' to me when we were walking down the street - he still does, actually… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I have a little antennae, and even when I'm trying not to be, I'm connected with the bloody zeitgeist. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
The reason why I'm not a pop star is I would have hated it. I'll stick to being an artist. I'm not trying not… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I thought I would be a visual artist when I was growing up, so I'm always up for a bit of experimentation. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
The day I turned 16, I moved into my own flat. My parents had just broken up, and I didn't want to go back… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I work extremely hard, but I love every minute of it. Although I couldn't work as hard if I felt there was a ceiling… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I never thought that was even possible, to have your friends working with you. In the music, yes, in the creative side, yes, but… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, right, and you're surrounded by all these other kids, and let's say they don't have the same interests or the… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
