Caroline Corr Quotes

27 quotations by Caroline Corr

Yes, we record practically everything on Pro Tools.

Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.

Yeah, we sit there eating breakfast, just glaring at each other, kind of daring anyone to speak... it's very good thinking time.

Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

We spent a long time on this album, so it was very creative in the sense that we had the time and the luxury to do whatever we wanted to do.

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

We go in and I do my thing, and then we supplement it with whatever we want.

We do it because we love to play music and that's what we're all about.

Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.

There's actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others.

There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.

Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we'd all be playing the same thing!!

Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.

Our parents were musicians.

Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano.

It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.

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

I'm not the hottest tuner on the planet, so I normally get someone to come out and do it for me.

I would like not only to have a successful band, but I want to have children, a home, and a husband. Two or three. Children, not husbands!!!

I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.

I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.

I really like to have a bit of direction, you know?

I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing.

I love Cindy Blackman, I think she's an amazing player. And she's got the whole image going. It's simple, nothing crazy, but she's just really solid.

I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.

Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.

A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it's been good to be involved completely musically as well.