“In 1997, we took time off, and that's when Oasis broke and Princess Di...” — Dolores O'Riordan Quote

“In 1997, we took time off, and that's when Oasis broke and Princess Diana died and I was home with my baby hating the music industry. People asked what I thought about the Spice Girls, and honestly, I was so happy to tell them I couldn't be bothered to care.”

“It's a great gig, really: getting on stage, playing the guitar, singing. For a living, it's super.”

“For an artist or an entertainer, it's the ultimate when you can go to the forest when you're done your work and escape.”

“The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.”

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

“I look like that in the morning: my hair's all greasy - it's not, 'Hey, look at the babe of the band!' I hate that kind of thing, the way women are always pushed forward as beauties... it's very easy: you can make the ugliest pig look lovely in a photograph.”

“In the year 2000, the very youngest members of the Baby Boomer crew were in their mid-30s while the oldest Boomers were mid-50s. That year, the Boomers were a generation divided somewhat equally between the GOP and Democrats.”

“I always give myself a three-month period where I would just hibernate and wouldn't even think about the baby weight. I would just be with my baby in my own little world. And then, once I started getting more energy and wasn't so tired, then I would hit the gym.”

“Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that my ex and my baby boys were snuggling on the couch with me in our gorgeous Calabasas home. Other times, it feels like it was all a crazy dream.”

“I can't discriminate? Oh, that's ripe, coming from a straight white man. What's the matter, baby doesn't feel like he belongs? Well why don't you try a place that was set up just for you? Like the world!”

“To have produced a product where I had total creative control and see it flourish is like watching a baby grow.”