I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me just because I'm Irish, but it is where I'm from. I'm extremely proud to be Irish. — 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
That's the good thing about pop. You can do whatever you like... it's a bendable medium. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
With Moloko, we tried to be the opposite of what was out there at the time. I like to be different. In the mid-Nineties,… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
