Cranberries Quote by Caroline Corr

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

— Winston Churchill

U2 and Sinead O'Connor - I haven't a clue why we're compared to them. Apart from us all being Irish, we've nothing in common.

— Dolores O'Riordan

We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in…

— Larry Mullen, Jr

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

— Van Morrison

Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the…

— Imelda May

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or…

— Graham Coxon

The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy.

— Colum McCann

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

— Caroline Corr

All the girls over there in Ireland are well versed in American country music. Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline are like king and queen…

— John Prine

The Irish aren't great singers, but they have great songs.

— Bernadette Devlin

I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that…

— Saoirse Ronan

Ireland is a place that's beautiful and interesting, but I remember when I went there as a teenager with my parents, I was like,…

— Jim Gaffigan