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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/you-have-to-hide-what-you-are-and-it-s-really-stressful-and-very-bad/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

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## More by Sinead O'Connor

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/what-i-hope-is-to-really-focus-on-being-a-songwriter-i-d-love-to/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [All of my life, actually, I had a real strong relationship with God, but I was always in the closet about it. The only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/all-of-my-life-actually-i-had-a-real-strong-relationship-with-god-but/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as a songwriter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/there-s-a-standard-of-songwriting-that-when-you-start-immersing/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/it-was-the-case-in-the-70s-and-80s-that-people-believed-music-could/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [You can't solve a spiritual problem with politics. You may as well as throw the Parliament to a drowning man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/you-can-t-solve-a-spiritual-problem-with-politics-you-may-as-well-as/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [I suppose is very cathartic to do a show to the masses and you get to make magic in a manner that you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-suppose-is-very-cathartic-to-do-a-show-to-the-masses-and-you-get-to/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [God's place is the world but the world is not God's place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/god-s-place-is-the-world-but-the-world-is-not-god-s-place/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [What I like about being a musician is that I find the thing soothing, but I also give the soothing to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/what-i-like-about-being-a-musician-is-that-i-find-the-thing-soothing/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or scales, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/when-i-sing-it-s-the-most-solitary-state-just-me-and-the-microphone/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [The irony is that musical artists have enormous public voices, but behind the scenes we're voiceless, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/the-irony-is-that-musical-artists-have-enormous-public-voices-but/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [There is a God. God exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/there-is-a-god-god-exists/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [I suppose in some ways, all over the world "crazy" is a term of abuse and I think that is something that should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-suppose-in-some-ways-all-over-the-world-crazy-is-a-term-of-abuse/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [The sexuality is being sold to the artists as power when in fact it's not; it's a way of hypnotizing their audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/the-sexuality-is-being-sold-to-the-artists-as-power-when-in-fact-it-s/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-m-on-fire-when-i-m-singing-i-m-completely-in-character-i-use-my/)

[Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

> [“Women are to be valued for so much more than their sexuality”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/women-are-to-be-valued-for-so-much-more-than-their-sexuality/)

[Sinéad O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/)

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