Quotes from Caroline Corr

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

And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I do like to look at female drummers, because I am one.

When I was drumming with Mick Fleetwood I thought I looked half mad. I thought I looked half crazy.

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

We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music.

I really didn't even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn't a bad thing when I look back at it.

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

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!!

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!!!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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