Best Irish Music Quotes

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

When’s the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When’s the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent?

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 pop and rock mode. But they get used to it — it is our sound.

I’m not so much a rock star, d’ya know what I mean? I play Irish music. There’s really no age when you stop playing Irish music. Even if I retired from playing onstage, I’d still be singing in pubs.

Blue grass was the outgrowth of Irish music. As a matter of fact a lot the tunes, a lot of the melodies and the jigs… have different names but are actually the same tunes.

The light music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude.

I’m a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I’m different from some other composers, because I don’t look at this as just a job. I think of music as art.

My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music.

My dad’s Irish music was such a huge influence.

I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country – Irish music – had a particular resonance.