Sinead O'Connor
Sinead O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra. O’Connor achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince’s song "Nothing Compares 2 U"...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 December 1966
CityGlenageary, Ireland
CountryIreland
writing player giving
My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so it's my favorite thing if somebody gives me a piece of music, and then I can write lyrics and melodies.
jobs school kids
The trouble when you have a job like mine is it's your social life as well, so I need to actually [find] something to do in my downtime when my kids are at school.
spiritual men may
You can't solve a spiritual problem with politics. You may as well as throw the Parliament to a drowning man.
people world want
It was the case in the 70s and 80s that people believed music could change the world. But now people aren't making music because they want to change the world; they're making music because they want to just make a ton of money.
artist way facts
The sexuality is being sold to the artists as power when in fact it's not; it's a way of hypnotizing their audience.
song writing people
What I hope is to really focus on being a songwriter. I'd love to write songs for other people; that's something I'd really like to start doing.
going-away wish love-someone
If you really ever love someone, that doesn't go away, although you wish it would.
awful dishwashers very-good
I'm a very good dishwasher. I'm a terrible cook. I'm an awful cook.
strong children believe
I am someone who really does believe very strongly in the Holy Spirit. I feel I'm someone who, since I was a very, very small child, of being engaged in a very strong relationship with the Holy Spirit.
boss treated hard
It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one.
cleaning kind clean
I'm a great cleaner. I'm actually kind of addicted to cleaning. I could clean anything.
voice silence world
There's a weighing kind of overemphasis on sexuality, which disempowers music generally, because it silences all the other voices; it makes music a very powerless force for changing the world.
artist people creative
I don't agree with this romantic fantasy that people who suffer from depression are more likely to be artists. I find that I am more creative when I am happy actually.
stress thinking stuff
I have also Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I wouldn't have survived that if not for music. So I think for me, music was a soothing thing and it was also a place where you could say all the stuff that you couldn't say anywhere else.