"Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung"
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The repetition (“very, very”) reads like an artist insisting on something she’s had to justify too many times. Gaelic, in many listeners’ minds, is exotic garnish; Enya flips it into default setting. The slightly awkward phrasing (“I think lends itself...”) also matters: it’s conversational, almost modest, as if she’s underplaying a bigger claim. That understatement fits her public persona: mystical without being preachy, protective of privacy, letting ambience do the persuading.
Context sharpens it. Enya emerged from a specifically Irish tradition yet built a global career on music that often avoided pop’s confessional English-first template. Singing in Gaelic became both aesthetic choice and cultural signal: not a heritage reenactment, but a modern studio practice. Her subtext is that Gaelic isn’t a barrier to emotion; it’s a delivery system for it. If the language “lends itself” to song, then the audience’s job is simple: stop translating, start listening.
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Enya. (2026, January 15). Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/singing-in-gaelic-is-very-very-natural-to-do-i-58706/
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Enya. "Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/singing-in-gaelic-is-very-very-natural-to-do-i-58706/.
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"Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/singing-in-gaelic-is-very-very-natural-to-do-i-58706/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.







