Caroline's Quotes

Question: Who is your best friend?
Caroline Corr: (about Andrea) There's about a year between us and she's probably my best friend.

Caroline Corr: That tour we did in early '97, we did like 4 continents in 3 weeks. We were so jet lagged that it all canceled out. I am like an entire day behind.
Sharon Corr: Then we fly HOME and mess it all up. I don't function well when I wake up at 4 am because every force in the Universe except for my clock is telling me it's 8 am, the day before!

Andrea Corr: Oh, myself and Caroline kind of imagine ourselves in 10 years time, living together...
Caroline Corr: The terrible two.
Bert: The mind boggles.

Andrea Corr: We do live in each others' pockets a lot.
Sharon Corr: Sometimes you wake up and instead of "good morning", all you want to say is "I'm so sick of the sight of you".
Caroline Corr: Yeah, we sit there eating breakfast, just glaring at each other, kind of daring anyone to speak... it's very good thinking time.

Interviewer: Any last messages for our viewers?
Caroline Corr: Yes, buy our records, please.

On annoying habits...
Andrea Corr: He snores.
Sharon Corr: And is grumpy in the mornings.
Caroline Corr: And is always last up.
Interviewer: Jim? You gonna take this?
Andrea Corr: We don't have any annoying habits, apart from Caroline and her hair.
Sharon Corr: We have to keep a leash on Andrea, label all her things. If she doesn't lose something on tour, she'll get lost herself.
Caroline Corr: While we're doing his, Sharon can get really bossy if you've not picked up on that!
Jim Corr: OK, here's one for all of you: I could really live without the bras all over the bathroom.

Interviewer: Where do you see yourself 10 years down the road?
Caroline Corr: 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!!! (laughs)

Caroline Corr: You're actually pretty lucky to get through a show without her (Andrea) making at least one mistake.

Interviewer: Time for another hot, hot track! Here's Caroline to tell you what we've got next. Take it away Caroline!! (camera moves from interviewer to the girls. Everyone is staring at each other. Looking at Caroline from the corner of their eyes. Silence. Sharon and Caroline looking from right to left wondering which camera is on. Andrea who's looking into the operating camera realizes what's happening and laughs!)
Interviewer: The other one! (rest of the Corrs still don't know what's going on till the crew in the background yell, "the other one, Caroline, the OTHER one..." The Corrs, especially Andrea, bursts out laughing)
Caroline Corr: This is Lisa Loeb with "I Do" (the "I Do" video is shown)

Andrea Corr: Well we're good. But not that good!
Caroline Corr: Speak for yourself! I'm an angel.

Caroline Corr: We pretty much needed a drummer, and I, well...I had nothing better to do!

Interviewer: Jim, you being the big brother there with 3 little sisters, do you assume the fatherly role?
Caroline Corr: Father?!? Oh my God!!!

Interviewer: Do you ever get drunk?
Caroline Corr: Waking up with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.
Andrea Corr: Caroline, you weren't worried about that the other night!
Caroline Corr: Hey Andrea!!!!

Caroline Corr: I think at the moment we kinda have to leave that out, unless you've met somebody before we started all this, then maybe you'll keep some sort of substantial thing going...but - there's nothing substantial in my life though!

Caroline Corr: So after I missed out on the violin lessons...I had originally been the piano player in the band actually and then em, an old boyfriend of mine had a drum kit next door and I started playing away and everybody heard me and said y'know this is a good thing, let's incorporate this into the band, and we did, so I became the drummer!
Interviewer: So have you had any kind of drum lessons since then?
Caroline Corr: No
Interviewer: You've just practiced.
Caroline Corr: Yeah, just practiced
Interviewer: Read a book about it or?
Caroline Corr: Well originally I had a few lessons in my hometown from a teacher but then I was on the road, so I had no time to actually do it.
Interviewer: Does it make your arms strong?
Caroline Corr: Em, it does yeah, it definitely does, it's nice and painful around the back...!

Caroline Corr: (on answering "where in Ireland are you from?") We're from a small town called Ire...er...(giggles)…
Jim Corr: Ireland...a small town.

Caroline Corr: (on who is the boss when they compose the songs) The writing process could be anybody, it could be two at a time, it could be one of us or all together, it's very kind of diplomatic...
Jim Corr: ...Democratic.
Caroline Corr: Democratic, diplomatic, oh!!!

Caroline Corr: No it's OK now. I'll just stay quiet for the rest of the interview!

Caroline Corr: We're not like, say, The Spice Girls. I'm not slagging them off as I think that they've got some great songs but they're more of an image band. 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 mean I don't get up every morning and look in the mirror and think, 'Oh wow, aren't I gorgeous!' I mean if it's helped us, it's great, but we really try not to emphasis that aspect of the band. We do it because we love to play music and that's what we're all about.

Interviewer: Do you think female singers have to look good?
Caroline Corr: I think it's more pressure on women in the music industry to look good. Look at Courtney Love. She's switched from looking horrendous to looking fantastic. Suddenly she looks like a model! Most women, if you're in entertainment, have to do the whole make-up and hair thing. You're in the public eye, you have to work on it.

Interviewer: Where do you stand in the Irish music scene?
Caroline Corr: I don't know. In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish. We see ourselves in terms of what we do. The traditional elements mixed with technology and pop. I just hope we don't veer off into crazyland or anything like that!

Caroline Corr: If you notice our pattern, it's generally on your summer months that we are here (Australia)
Interviewer: Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!
Caroline Corr: ...have you been to Ireland in winter? Have you been to Ireland in January?
Interviewer Corr: No, I've been at good times.
Andrea Corr: Yeah exactly, goof times! It would be a little bit depressing now as much as it is beautiful.
Caroline Corr: It's frightening at winter! You don't want to be there!
Interviewer: So you guys come out here and go to Hamilton Island and do all that good stuff?
Caroline Corr: Yap, yap!!

Caroline on The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up Video" which she happened to see on German TV...
Caroline Corr: All it seemed to be was naked women. What's the message? What urge is it catering to?

Caroline Corr: Our parents were musicians. My mother...OUR mother. I wasn't supposed to say 'my'! (smiles and chuckles)

Interviewer: Ok, who plays the bodhran? Is that Caroline, is that yours?
Caroline Corr: It's my job!
Interviewer: It's your job in the band...I noticed on Top Of the Pops by the way, that because your playing the drums, you're the only one who can't flick their hair!
Caroline Corr: Exactly, yeah!!
Interviewer: Do you feel a bit left out by that?
Sharon Corr: Yeah, I'm a girl and I need to be able to flick my hair every so often but I can't when I'm playing!

Caroline Corr: 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.

Interviewer: How come you all manage to keep yourselves looking so fresh? I mean, you all look like...(making sounds)..."ching!"
Caroline Corr: Make-up!
Sharon Corr (with a funny face): Make-up..
Interviewer: Oh come on! (Caroline laughs out loud)

Caroline Corr: I'm Caroline, the middle one.
Interviewer: How can you be the middle of four?
Sharon Corr: I don't know, cos that would also make me the middle one.
Caroline Corr: (laughs) Oh, yeah, that's true!

Caroline Corr: It was funny cos we all seemed to take on different instruments, the only instrument we all play is the piano actually which our father taught us as kids. 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!!

Sharon Corr (On The Commitments): ...and Caroline...where were you again? (To interviewer) I can never find her!
Interviewer: Caroline, how's that? Your big movie debut and your own sister can't even find you.
Caroline Corr: I can't even find me!

Andrea Corr: Honestly, I don't know what I'm thinking sometimes, when I'm writing songs. Take Forgiven, Not Forgotten, for instance. Why would I write a line like (said cautiously) "I'll remain"? I can't even pronounce it without getting all tongue tied, and I end up having to perform it a hundred times...I can't even say it!
Caroline Corr: It's very funny really, the number of times she's stumbled over that line.
Jim Corr: What line?
Caroline Corr: Oh no, you're not getting me-leave this as just Andrea's embarrassment for now!
Andrea Corr: You are too kind, dear sister!
Sharon Corr: Watch it Caroline, she knows where you live! (All collapse into helpless laughter)

Sharon Corr: I'm sure it's bizarre, but, ah, it's fun, it's great. Like dressing up and getting make up done. It's good fun.
Caroline Corr: It sucks!

Radio announcer: OK, girls, before you leave, a quick ID for the station?
Andrea Corr: Right, I'm Andrea,
Sharon Corr: I'm Sharon,
Caroline Corr: And I'm Caroline, and we are half of The Corrs.
Andrea Corr: Because, as you know, we are a six piece band...
Caroline Corr: Oh, there's three of us here! I didn't see that (after a half hour interview!) Shall we start again?
Radio Announcer: Live to air, go for it.
Caroline Corr: Ok, well I'm Sh - no I'm not, I'm Caroline
Sharon Corr: The 'middle one'
Caroline Corr: Don't dwell on that!

Caroline Corr: When I was drumming with Mick Fleetwood I thought I looked half mad. I thought I looked half crazy.
Sharon Corr: I thought she looked half mad as well.

Caroline Corr: (on seeing their documentary) I'm sure when I see myself I'll go 'oh God!!'. I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards. We used to rehearse together constantly as if we were about to do some major shows, even though we weren't!! I don't know what it was. I think I'll look at it and say 'oh God, I look so young' or 'my hair is really long down my back' or 'I look really stupid' ...half the time we didn't know what we were doing and the songs were so pop and so...God!! Listening back, it was horrendous!!

Caroline Corr: (on being called sexy) We don't laugh about it because I think we understand that if you're a high profile person, you end up being called things like that. They probably call the lead singer of The Verve the sexiest man on Earth!
Interviewer: And do you think he is?
Caroline Corr: NO!!! The lead singer of the Verve? Oh my God! I think they're great musicians but that's where it gets very distorted. You can see someone on the screen, you see someone in newspapers and you think suddenly they're sex icons for some reason. Not to say that's not true of Andrea!!!

Caroline Corr: How do you say 'It's good to be home' in an American accent?

Andrea Corr: "I like black. It creates an...atmosphere..."
Caroline Corr: "Of death!!!"

Caroline Corr: I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing. At the moment I think we're about 10 times at home, which is 150,000 records; amazing. And then they tell us we're just gone out 7th award in Australia which we were really pleased with, and I just assumed it was the same as Ireland, and that'd be 7x15,000, which is...
Andrea Corr: 105,000.
Caroline Corr: Right, but then they mention something about half a million, and I thought they were talking about world wide or something, so I asked what they meant, and it actually turns out the Australian platinum is 70,000, and oh my God that pretty much threw me off my feet!

Interviewer: What's the difference between singing in Italian and in English.
Caroline Corr: You don't know what you say!!!

Interviewer: Now you guys are in Singapore to record a music video called 'Dreams'. Er, why chose Singapore for this video?
Caroline Corr: Well it just happened that, em, we're here. And we came to Singapore and it seemed the obvious choice to do it here. So we decided that we're gone do it in town...maybe in Chinatown, or a few other spots. (at this point, the other 3 look at Caroline kind like 'you weren't supposed to say that!!', and Andrea gapes at Caroline, then at the audience)
Interviewer: Unconfirmed locations, may I add!
Sharon Corr: Chinatown, unconfirmed...
Caroline Corr: You know, I wasn't going to say when!
Interviewer: Chinatown, huh? Unconfirmed locations, unconfirmed...unconfirmed...
Sharon Corr: Chinatown, unconfirmed...
Caroline Corr: Oh!! Wait a minute, it's probably never going to be in Chinatown at all! Interviewer: It's NEVER going to be in Chinatown, you guys, it's never...
Andrea Corr: That was such a good idea, Caroline, to give a false location.
Caroline Corr: Yeah, that was good, wasn't it?
Interviewer: Eh, one thing I have to tell you guys...there aren't many couches in Chinatown, benches yes, but...but then again, it is not confirmed, Chinatown...
Caroline Corr: Stop!

Andrea Corr: Well, black isn't really all that morbid is it? I just think it's a colour that suits our looks.
Caroline Corr: Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.

Interviewer: What is VB?
Sharon Corr: Isn't that, like, vener-no, that's a D. I pass.
Caroline Corr: Vic Bitter!
Andrea Corr: Beer. Daddy likes his VB.

Interviewer: Being in a family also puts pay to any inter band romances, so how do these guys add that little bit of spice to their life on the road?
Jim Corr: ...that would be telling.
Caroline Corr: That's a "no-comment"!! (laughs)...that's a "no-comment"...
Andrea Corr: And do y'know why that's a "no-comment"? Because it doesn't exist, that's why! So it's probably more intriguing not to say!!!
Jim Corr: Speak for yourself! (laugh)
Andrea Corr: Well, hey!! What were you doing...
Caroline Corr: What were you doing when I was in Ireland?!?! (laugh)

Caroline Corr: I can drive...A golf buggy!

Interviewer: Now my sister gives me the screaming heabies sometimes. Do you guys ever get like narky at each other?
Andrea Corr: Oh yeah!
Caroline Corr: Yeah!
Interviewer: Like what happens?
Caroline Corr: Well, it could be over something like, really ridiculous, it could be something really, really small and it just turns into, ah, a huge ordeal or something like that...
Andrea Corr: It is generally, it's generally out of irritation and tiredness...
Interviewer: Who cracks the poo the most? Jim?
Caroline Corr: Pardon?
Interviewer: Who cracks a poo, like does...who gets the heabies the most?
Caroline Corr: Narkiest?
Interviewer: Oh, that's Australian, sorry.

Interviewer: And that was a lovely story. Okay, so you were saying just now you were very young when you met David Foster. What does that mean? How old were you?
Caroline Corr: Well, I think myself and Andrea were like...
Interviewer: 8? (Sharon and Andrea laugh)
Caroline Corr: Yeah!! (laughs out loud) 17...17 or 18 I think, so...quite naive...

Caroline Corr: There's actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others.

Andrea Corr: 'Tis a mighty big gate for the house.
Caroline Corr: It's open. Go for it John, speed!

Interviewer: OK, The Corrs live on Radio 2 ~They play INLYA acoustically~ (laughter during the song)
Jim Corr: (in a British accent) What happened there then?
Interviewer: We don't know! That's 'I Never Loved You Anyway': the fun mix!
Andrea Corr: Without backing vocals at the end!
Caroline Corr: That was me...I didn't come in on a backing vocal.
Interviewer: I wondered because Sharon was going like this to you, sort of beckoning you on, y'know?
Caroline Corr: Yeah, I just decided to laugh then...y'know, there was nothing I could do!

Interviewer: So do you smoke or drink?
Caroline Corr: I enjoy drinking! What are you talking about, I'm from Ireland! But I think if you're on stage, what you do is going to make an impression on kids and influence them. I think we should take responsibility for people that are watching you. You should care what image you give.

Interviewer: And your most dreaded type of housework?
Caroline Corr: I hate it when there's loads of toothpaste all over the bathroom. Oh, and I can't stand cleaning mirrors.

Interviewer: Do you ever get trolley rage?
Caroline Corr: No! I've never had trolley rage, although I have got very irritated if there's been a load of people crowding round the vegetables blocking my way to the mangetout. I don't push and shove though cos I hate it when people do that. I just wait politely.

Interviewer: Who used to grass to your parents?
Caroline Corr: Andrea used to snich on me.
Andrea Corr: You're making that up! What have you just done by answering that question? You've become a grass!

Interviewer: Be honest - have you ever hit each other?
Caroline Corr: Loads of times when we were kids! Jim never hit us but we girls used to fight. Plenty of hair was pulled!

Interviewer: There must have been some corking scraps when the four of you were growing up...
Caroline Corr: Sharon was the eldest so she had the most sophisticated clothes. Poor Andrea and I had to make to with her hand-me-downs!

Interviewer: Did any of you have to share a room?
Andrea Corr: Caroline and I shared a bed and you wouldn't believe what she used to do. She'd make her side of the bed and leave mine unmade.
Caroline Corr: You drove me to it! That was after months of frustration. Andrea's side of the room was like a tip and I had to live in it. I couldn't get the door open for the mess! I was trying to make a point, but I guess I was being a bit of an idiot.
Andrea Corr: I was actually a little worried about her sanity at the time!

Interviewer: Any strange habits when you were little?
Caroline Corr: Andrea still sucks her thumb!
Andrea Corr: I do, and the one I suck is smaller than the other! (Quickly flashes her thumbs and proves that this is really the case). But Caroline sniffs her jumper!
Caroline Corr: Oh no! What on earth is that going to sound like? Let's not get into this! It's sort of like a comfort thing. I just pull the neck of my jumper up over my nose when I'm tired. It's not as crazy as it sounds!

In another interview...
Interviewer: Tell us a secret about each of you!
Sharon Corr: None of us has stolen each other's boyfriends or anything scandalous like that, but Caroline sniffs her jumpers all the time.
Caroline Corr: This is so embarrassing! I've been exposed as a secret jumper sniffer. It's like a comforter. I do it when I'm watching TV, but Andrea sucks her thumb - and in public!

Caroline Corr: (when asked if she had any thoughts, tips or opinions about drumming)
We need more girls playing - definately! I think women are put off by it, seeing as so many men are playing. So yeah, definately more girls!

Interviewer: Which is better: men in briefs or men in boxers?
Caroline Corr: Men in boxers, definitely! I like how they shake a lot more.