The Worst Thing is the Best Thing: When Enya Sold Her Saxophone

Amber Petty
3 min readApr 13, 2021

Did “Orinoco Flow” need a sax solo? No.

Photo by Janis Straume on Unsplash

Right now, Enya is probably sitting in her literal castle in Ireland, gazing thoughtfully at the clouds and composing another soothing melody in her mind. She doesn’t think about her $150 million net worth, but is comforted by the fact that her wealth lets her create just the music she wants and nothing else.

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Amber Petty

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