If there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign! — Sinead O'Connor Acceptance Copy Share Image
Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Protection of children from violence and abuse has always been my main activity or campaign. — Sinead O'Connor Abuse Copy Share Image
Suicide doesn't solve your problems. It only makes them infinitely, un-countably worse. — Sinead O'Connor Problem Copy Share Image
I don't believe in any kind of artistic snobbery or musical snobbery. You know, to me, the sexiest and the most spiritual… — Sinead O'Connor Art Copy Share Image
This is how you know religion is failing because people think you're bonkers if you believe in God and also because it's… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
The trouble when you have a job like mine is it's your social life as well, so I need to actually [find]… — Sinead O'Connor Downtime Copy Share Image
I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself. — Sinead O'Connor Bipolar Copy Share Image
As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in… — Sinead O'Connor Church Copy Share Image
I'm great at washing dishes and I'm great at cleaning the house and all that kind of stuff. I don't like doing… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Islam - a religion horribly misrepresented by terrorists, which is like the IRA saying they represented Irish people. Islam is a BEAUTIFUL… — Sinead O'Connor Beautiful Copy Share Image
It's OK to assert yourself. Obviously, as a woman, I do experience the consequence of asserting yourself - you're not supposed to… — Sinead O'Connor Consequence Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my voice for that purpose. I'm… — Sinead O'Connor Business Copy Share Image
We can love religion as we need rituals, but The Holy Spirit is a bird, free to fly and land where it… — Sinead O'Connor Bird Copy Share Image
Unfortunately in my case, because of what I do for living, here in Ireland is very hard for me to find a… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is the most important thing. We all have to forgive what was done to us - the Irish people have to… — Sinead O'Connor Abuse Copy Share Image
Easy to keep faith. God is good. Only one mistake he made. Free will, therefore can't intervene unless we ask, but gospels… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Until everyone in this country over 35 has passed away, the theocracy will still be alive. And I am not actually of… — Sinead O'Connor Alive Copy Share Image
When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or… — Sinead O'Connor Emotion Copy Share Image
Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through… — Sinead O'Connor Curse Copy Share Image
Every pore of you is crying and you don't even understand why or what. I actually kind of died and got born… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
My creative process is quite slow. I hear melodies in my head while I'm washing the dishes and I allow my subconscious… — Sinead O'Connor Creative Copy Share Image
I am catholic. And I don't like to see catholicism being brought into disrepute by those in charge who don't seem to… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
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.… — Sinead O'Connor Character Copy Share Image
I grew up in a situation of extreme abuse, but there was no chance to talk about it, so music became the… — Sinead O'Connor Abuse Copy Share Image
The irony is that musical artists have enormous public voices, but behind the scenes we're voiceless, actually. — Sinead O'Connor Art Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot that's beautiful about religion and very inspiring, obviously, but I do think that God needs to be… — Sinead O'Connor Beautiful Copy Share Image
I feel that I was a useful contributor to society, and that I couldn't be a contributor to society in any other… — Sinead O'Connor Contributors Copy Share Image
I don't agree with this romantic fantasy that people who suffer from depression are more likely to be artists. I find that… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's… — Sinead O'Connor Accents Copy Share Image
I'm a Holy Spirit maniac, yeah. When I say maniac, to me, a maniac is a person that goes around telling you… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I am someone who really does believe very strongly in the Holy Spirit. I feel I'm someone who, since I was a… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
There's a difference between, you know, God loves unconditionally in my feeling and religion loves conditionally. Religion spends an awful lot of… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
You can't solve a spiritual problem with politics. You may as well as throw the Parliament to a drowning man. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
That's my feeling - that real God and religion are two different things and that religion is trying to obscure what God… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I've been married before, but I've never had my dream wedding in Vegas. I wanted to do it there because it's casual,… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image