Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
“My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.”
“When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would write something for my own pleasure or I would write notes and introductory remarks in the songbooks I put together.”