We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.
Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
Singing becomes a form of therapy.
It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric.
I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
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 not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead O'Connor.
I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.
If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.
Performers like to perform, and there's certainly no disgrace in entertaining people, in giving pleasure, you hope, through your singing. My work defines who I am.