Signature isn't autobiographical, but it's more like snapshots of my life. I wrote a book a couple of years ago (The Other Side of the Rainbow) - it's kind of delving into certain chapters and choosing different moments and writing a song around it that touches me. I would like to think that that would be a healer and a hope to the people who listen to it. I kind of write in an abstract way, and it's the way traditional songs were written years ago. Abstract in a way that I d like to think, if somebody listens to it, they might find something of themselves in it as well. Even though there are darker moments in the album, I'd like it to render towards giving hope, looking back but knowing the positivity that follows.
Do you have a favourite song yet?
No...There are just so many different moments that mean so much to me! But there is a song I really like called "Tapestry". It really relates to the tapestry of our lives. It's dedicated to my grandparents. There was a poem that they used to recite, called 'The Weaver'. Just the weaving of our lives and how intriguing it can be. There is a lovely story I heard about a little boy, looking at his mum doing tapestry. The other side of the tapestry was a mess because of the stitching. He's looking at it wondering what she is doing. When she finishes, she lifts it up and shows the beauty of the other side. If you think about our lives and God, and the beauty of it all, it's the same. I just love that story. It's like God will make everything beautiful no matter how mad and crazy life can be. I love that image.
And you'll be introducing "An Irish Christmas" this year in America?
Yes. An Irish Christmas released last year. It's an interpretation of my kind of sound of traditional songs. "Joy to the world," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"... A lot of people enjoyed it because it does sound very different. It's being released in America this year, which I'm really thrilled about. I'll be going over doing some shows there at the end of November. I also have a Dutch tour in October and a couple of other projects planned for this year.
What is your relationship like with your sister Enya?
Absolutely great. We don't talk about it much, so people just kind of speculate, but we agreed from long time ago not to bother. When things are said about us, we don't bother answering. We sing together at home. We get up with our father and do things. She has adopted a kind of a way in her life that she delivers her music. A lot of people don't think she has a family even, because she doesn't bring family into her interviews. She's built borders around herself and her music - and we respect that. That's the way she's given her image, and that's fine. We just respect that, and we're just different in doing that.
