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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  (Irish Music Quotes) The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs  (Irish Music Quotes) 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  (Irish Music Quotes) 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  (Irish Music Quotes) 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  (Irish Music Quotes) 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  (Irish Music Quotes) I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn’t there before that  (Irish Music Quotes)