--- title: "16 Ifs Quotes By Sinead O'Connor" description: "16 Ifs quotes by Sinead O'Connor. Plus more from Sinead O'Connor and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sinead-o-connor-3554_going-away_if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doe_1763225.png" --- > [If you really ever love someone, that doesn't go away, although you wish it would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doesn-t-go-away-although-you/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sinead-o-connor-3554_going-away_if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doe_1763225.png) > [It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. It would be wonderful if it could be criminalized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/it-should-be-a-crime-to-abandon-your-child-and-it-s-not-it-would-be/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/sinead-o-connor-3554_abandon_it-should-be-a-crime-to-abandon-your-chi_1977715.png) > [Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/generally-i-don-t-listen-to-sad-songs-if-i-m-sad-i-listen-to-happy/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/sinead-o-connor-3554_i-m-sad_generally-i-don-t-listen-to-sad-songs-if_822449.png) > [If there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/if-there-was-acceptance-of-the-mentally-ill-in-the-catholic-church/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/sinead-o-connor-3554_acceptance_if-there-was-acceptance-of-the-mentally_665183.png) > [I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-grew-up-in-a-situation-of-extreme-abuse-but-there-was-no-chance-to/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/sinead-o-connor-3554_abuse_i-grew-up-in-a-situation-of-extreme-abus_2035751.png) > [I think people think they're not brave if they're frightened, and that's not true at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-think-people-think-they-re-not-brave-if-they-re-frightened-and-that/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/sinead-o-connor-3554_brave_i-think-people-think-they-re-not-brave-i_2200808.png) > [This is how you know religion is failing because people think you're bonkers if you believe in God and also because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/this-is-how-you-know-religion-is-failing-because-people-think-you-re/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/sinead-o-connor-3554_believe_this-is-how-you-know-religion-is-failing_1875608.png) > [I think that music has been a great help to me and this has been confirmed by every psychiatrist I have seen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-think-that-music-has-been-a-great-help-to-me-and-this-has-been/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/sinead-o-connor-3554_has-beens_i-think-that-music-has-been-a-great-help_708097.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-think-god-is-an-off-putting-word-i-don-t-think-there-s-a-name-for/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/sinead-o-connor-3554_asks_i-think-god-is-an-off-putting-word-i-don_1152215.png) > [I think in the first place hearing the music inside of you is very soothing, very comforting. For me there always been,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-think-in-the-first-place-hearing-the-music-inside-of-you-is-very/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/sinead-o-connor-3554_comforting_i-think-in-the-first-place-hearing-the-m_2182158.jpg) > [You have to hide what you are and it's really stressful and very bad for your self esteem. Because it's not obvious…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/sinead-o-connor-3554_ass_you-have-to-hide-what-you-are-and-it-s-r_2146159.png) > [In my belief, there's one spirit. I prefer to call it the Holy Spirit. I don't think it matters if you call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/in-my-belief-there-s-one-spirit-i-prefer-to-call-it-the-holy-spirit-i/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/sinead-o-connor-3554_allah_in-my-belief-there-s-one-spirit-i-prefer_3146247.png) > [My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/my-favorite-way-of-working-is-if-somebody-gives-me-a-piece-of-music/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/sinead-o-connor-3554_favorite-thing_my-favorite-way-of-working-is-if-somebod_1975821.png) > [I have also Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I wouldn't have survived that if not for music. So I think for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-have-also-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-and-i-wouldn-t-have/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/sinead-o-connor-3554_disorder_i-have-also-post-traumatic-stress-disord_2701193.png) > [We're exposing our minors to abuse by the fact that they leave the radio on in the car and let them listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/we-re-exposing-our-minors-to-abuse-by-the-fact-that-they-leave-the/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/sinead-o-connor-3554_abuse_we-re-exposing-our-minors-to-abuse-by-th_511258.jpg) > [I find that as a female boss in the music industry, it's difficult to actually be treated as if you actually are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-find-that-as-a-female-boss-in-the-music-industry-it-s-difficult-to/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/sinead-o-connor-3554_boss_i-find-that-as-a-female-boss-in-the-musi_673351.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/sinead-o-connor/#itemlist", "name": "16 Ifs Quotes By Sinead O'Connor", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you really ever love someone, that doesn't go away, although you wish it would.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sinead O'Connor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doesn-t-go-away-although-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sinead-o-connor-3554_going-away_if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doe_1763225.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sinead-o-connor-3554_going-away_if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doe_1763225.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sinead-o-connor-3554_going-away_if-you-really-ever-love-someone-that-doe_1763225.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you really ever love someone, that doesn't go away, although you wish it would.” — Sinead O'Connor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It should be a crime to abandon your child, and it's not. 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