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Sinead O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter known for her distinctive voice and profound lyrics. Born on December 8, 1966, she has been active in the music industry since the late 1980s. O'Connor gained fame with her albums 'The Lion and the Cobra' and 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got', which included hit songs like 'Nothing Compares 2 U' and 'Falling Out of Love'. Her music style blends elements of pop, rock, and folk, making a profound impact on contemporary music.

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“If you were the boss of a company and some of the employees of your company were known to sexually abuse children, you would fire them instantly.”

Ifs Children Company Known Fire Abuse Employee Boss Sexually

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“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.”

Ifs Way Giving Writing I Can Pieces Player Music Is Give Me My Favorite Melody Favorites Things

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“If you really ever love someone, that doesn't go away, although you wish it would.”

Ifs Wish Going Away Love Someone

Author:Sinead O'Connor

“In my belief, there's one spirit. I prefer to call it the Holy Spirit. I don't think it matters if you call it God or Allah or Jesus or Fred or David or too early in the morning or whatever.”

Ifs Thinking Matter Spirit Jesus Belief Morning Holy Holy Spirit

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“This is how you know religion is failing because people think you're bonkers if you believe in God and also because it's so uncool believing in Jesus and everything.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Believe Jesus Failing Believe In God If You Believe Uncool

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“I think that music has been a great help to me and this has been confirmed by every psychiatrist I have seen. I would probably be dead if not for music.”

Ifs Thinking Has Beens Helping Psychiatrist

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Stuff Stress Posts Disorder Survived Soothing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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“I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the escape if you like.”

Ifs Chance Situation Grew Grew Up Music Is Abuse Extremes

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“I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been, if you like, a spiritual connection between myself and music.”

Ifs Thinking Firsts Spiritual Connections Hearing Comforting Soothing Spiritual Connection

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“You have to hide what you are and it's really stressful and very bad for your self esteem. Because it's not obvious to people that you are ill, they treat you as if you're a pain in the ass, then you beat yourself up and you are already beating yourself up as a part of mental illness.”

People Ifs Self Pain Self Esteem Beats Treats Ill Illness Obvious Mental Illness Ass Esteem Stressful Beating Yourself Beating Yourself Up

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“If there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign!”

Ifs Church Acceptance Catholic Ill Catholic Church Mentally Ill

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“I think people think they're not brave if they're frightened, and that's not true at all.”

People Ifs Thinking Brave Frightened

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“It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. It would be wonderful if it could be criminalized.”

Ifs Should Children Would Be Wonderful Crime Our Children Your Children Abandon

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“Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.”

Ifs Song I'm Sad Sad Song

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“I think "God" is an off-putting word. I don't think there's a name for this. I think it's a presence that is best for us, but unfortunately, it can't intervene if we don't ask it, and religion has us talking to the wall because the god that religion is selling isn't the reality.”

Ifs Thinking Reality Asks Names Talking Wall Selling

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“I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are the boss and to have people act on your instructions and take you seriously. Like you call up people who are working for you and say, "I'd like to see such-and-such document," and they tell you that you don't need it. Then you have to spend time convincing them that it doesn't matter whether they think you need it or not, they're supposed to hand it to you.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Matter Hands Difficult Like You Industry Female Treated Boss Instruction Documents End Times Convincing Spend Time Music Industry

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“We're exposing our minors to abuse by the fact that they leave the radio on in the car and let them listen to the news on the way to school. Or the fact that it's shown on the news, the children can see Gaddafi's face and his glorious Technicolor clothes getting shot off on the news or on the newspaper shelves. In the shelves of the shops where all the sex magazines are consciously put at the top, if they're consciously put at the top, that must mean the violence is all put at the bottom consciously.”

Ifs Way Mean Children Facts School Faces Sex Violence Car Clothes News Shots Abuse Bottom Radio Newspapers Magazines Glorious Shops Minors Shelves Exposing Gaddafi

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“Remember what I told you. If they hated me, they will hate you.”

Ifs Funny Remember Hate Hated Hate You Hater My Haters You Hate Me Hater Jealousy Haters And Jealousy Jealous Hater Your Haters

Author:Sinead O'Connor

About the Author

Born: December 8, 1966
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 127

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