Sinéad O'Connor

“The thing about the child abuse scandal is that it's not a scandal. It's a fact.”

“If you're a singer, you're a singer for life. It's a calling.”

“I'm not a pop star. I'm a protest singer.”

“What I’m not is a 'celebrity.' I’m a troubled soul who needs to scream in a mic every now and then.”

“Success is a dangerous thing. It can be a very lonely thing.”

“The power of rock and roll is to be able to say, 'This is who I am.'”

“It's not the suffering that makes you a victim, it's the suffering in silence.”

“The whole point of the music is to be yourself.”

“I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble.”

“Fight the real enemy.”

“Being a singer is a way of being a healer.”

“The music industry is a den of vipers. It’s a place of worship of mammon and the ego.”

“I want to be a granny. I want to be an old woman. That's my ambition.”

“I think God is a woman. I think God is everything.”

“I am not a feminist. I am a humanist.”

“They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.”

“My definition of success is to live your life in a way that is in keeping with your values.”