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My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence. -- Dido Armstrong
My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music, -- Enya
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. -- Van Morrison
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? -- Michael Flatley
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. -- Brendan Gleeson
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. -- Keith Getty
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. -- James Horner
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. -- Andrea Corr
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 vocal styles that sound very much like Hungarian music. You start seeing all these cross-references and comparative, independent musical cultures. -- Tom Waits
I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll. -- John C. Reilly
I have been interested in Irish traditional music for the past few years. -- Nobuo Uematsu
I like Irish pubs, except for all the loud music and drinking, and people acting like idiots. -- Dov Davidoff
The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs. -- Matt Dillon
My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time. -- Len Cariou
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen. -- Moira Kelly

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