When asked whether she is a desired person in pop-star terms in the same manner as her
one-name female peers would be, Enya says almost coyly, "I know there are some people
who admire what I do. I meet with some of them, but it's strange meeting them because they
just talk about music, or how I work. They want to talk to me about giving them advice, so
it's never really on a scale where Madonna or Cher would have it. Their image is very
important to them."
But their image is deliberately sexually-based? "It is," says Enya, "but
they hype to sell their music and they're happy to do that. The risk factor in that is
they're selling themselves and, therefore, they're more prone to men's desires than I
would be. I don't have to sell the music -- it doesn't concentrate on hype. That's really
important to me, because I can be totally myself. Usually, people just want to talk about
the music, even if they admire me, if they feel an attraction to me."