Quotes About Privacy

Before I was a mother, if I'd been photographed in a bikini, I'd have been mortified.

I really would love to take a big break and not be photographed, not perform.

I'm a shadow whisperer: I hide in the shadows. And I tend to avoid places where I might get photographed and end up with my picture in the press.

I love to sit on my own and think, not to be photographed all the time.

When I first started playing, the only time you knew you would get photographed was if the paparazzi were outside a smart restaurant in town.

There is no part of me that wants to have to pull the blinds down when I'm talking to my wife about dinner because some photographer is in a bush outside.

When I go out, I kind of put a hat on and glasses, so I'm kind of just like a photographer going around taking pictures, and people hopefully don't recognize me. But sometimes they do, and then I'll do a photo for them, too.

For many years, I used to run to the opposite direction when I saw photographers.

I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked and followed.

I have always said that it is completely about the music, and I have never been interested in anything else. I think I've been able to maintain that. I'm a totally normal person, I don't get followed or have photographers waiting outside my door. So yes I have a very ordinary life.

When The Cranberries got really big in Ireland, it became difficult for me to be there with all the photographers and paparazzi.

There's people outside our house; you get followed by photographers; you can't go out and have a cup of coffee with a friend without someone coming up to you.

I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone.

We're never really spotted falling out of nightclubs. We don't go to places where there are photographers hanging out.

Attention from the photographers is part of my life and I think the best thing is to learn to deal with it.

I prefer to be at home with my husband and children than attacked by photographers.

If I go out with no make-up and a tracksuit on, nobody comes up to me. And if they do, I won't do a photo because I wouldn't want any photographic evidence.

I don't know how many millions of photographs have been taken of me.

I say no to photographs. When people take my picture, I feel like they've taken a piece of me, and I can't get that back. It's soul-draining.

I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.

I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.

For me, I've got no interest in being a celebrity, and I have no interest in doing photographs, going to this party or that.

It is a little weird seeing photographs from parties where you didn't even know a photographer was there.

My studio, nicknamed 'Funny Farm,' is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but it is also where I write my books and create music.