America Quote by Imelda May

Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I've ever had. My mother's Irish. And when I was very young, both my brothers…

— Kate Bush

As a music man, the musical tradition in Ireland is incredible; I could listen to it for hours.

— Noah Reid

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

— Caroline Corr

To us, it's vey natural. Initially, it sounded kind of strange to people, because it is different to put traditional Irish music in a…

— Andrea Corr

Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them. Tunes for…

— Nora Roberts

I just love Cape Breton fiddling! I think it's very close. They derive their music from Scottish music. Well, in Donegal we're very influenced…

— Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh

Irish music in the local pubs was my first exposure to musical expression, and I feel like Irish music is very close to musical…

— Rory O'Malley

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

The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese melodies and…

— Tom Waits

In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.

— Caroline Corr

Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It's frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it's impossibly sad like slow music, yeah? Yeah? And…

— Shane MacGowan

I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country…

— Brendan Gleeson