Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer-songwriter and activist (1966–2023)
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer-songwriter who first came to attention in the late 1980s. O'Connor achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U."
Every restless night
We were so young then
We thought that everything
We could possibly do was right.
While maintaining her singing career, she occasionally encountered controversy, partly due to her statements and gestures. These include her ordination as a priest, despite being a woman with a Roman Catholic background, and strongly expressing views on organised religion, women's rights, war, and child abuse. In addition to her ten solo albums, her work includes many singles, songs for films, collaborations with many other artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. In 2017, O'Connor changed her name to Magda Davitt. After converting to Islam in 2018, she changed it to Shuhada' Sadaqat. However, she continued to record and perform under her birth name.
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Quotes
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But I will rise
And I will return
The Phoenix from the flame
I have learned.
The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
edit- I'm dancing the seven veils
Want you to pick up my scarf
See how the black moon fades
Soon I can give you my heart.
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
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And you'll see me return
Being what I am
There is no other Troy
For me to burn.
- I'll remember it
And Dublin in a rainstorm
And sitting in the long grass in summer
Keepin' warm
I'll remember it
Every restless night
We were so young then
We thought that everything
We could possibly do was right.
- You will rise
You'll return
The phoenix from the flame
You will learn
You will rise
You'll return
Being what you are
There is no other Troy
For you to burn.
- And I never meant to hurt you
I swear I didn't mean
Those things I said
I never meant to do that to you
Next time I'll keep my hands to myself instead.
- Oh, I love you
God, I love you
I'd kill a dragon for you
I'll die
But I will rise
And I will return
The Phoenix from the flame
I have learned
I will rise
And you'll see me return
Being what I am
There is no other Troy
For me to burn.
- No I wouldn't have pulled you to me
No I wouldn't have kissed your face
You wouldn't have begged me to hold you
If we hadn't been there in the first place
Ah but I know you wanted me to be there oh oh
Every look that you threw told me so
But you should've left the light on
You should've left the light on
And the flames burned away
But you're still spitting fire
Make no difference what you say
You're still a liar
You're still a liar.
And I am not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
And I do not want what I haven't got
- Maybe it sounds mean
But I really don't think so
You asked for the truth
And I told you
Through their own words
They will be exposed
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- I'm walking through the desert
And I am not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
And I do not want what I haven't got- I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Don't Cry For Me Argentina (single) (1992)
edit- I have an invitation for you.
Is there a celebration?
No, I'm not inviting you to a celebration.
I'm inviting you to a war...
I'll lead you, if you have sheep, give them away
If you have a family, leave them- Ave Maria
Quotes about O'Connor
edit- In 1992, Sinéad performed Bob Marley’s “War” on Saturday Night Live, then proceeded to rip up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live TV, declaring, quote, “Fight the real enemy.” The move, a protest against systemic child abuse in the Catholic Church, of which she was a survivor, provoked widespread uproar. She addressed her SNL performance days later during an interview with Entertainment Tonight. (SINÉAD O’CONNOR: "Ireland has the highest incidence in Europe of child abuse. I experienced it myself. And I find his presence in Ireland, telling the young people of Ireland that he loved them, hilarious. At least when I studied the history, I found out that the people who were responsible for telling lies in the first place were at the Vatican, who, through permitting the invasion of countries and the destruction and murder of entire races of people in the name of God and for money, and then their subsequent overtaking of the educational systems of all the countries that they went into, led to distortion of historical fact.") AG: Sinéad O’Connor was an ally of the LGBTQ communities, marched for abortion rights decades before it was legalized in Ireland. She converted to Islam and started using the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018, alongside the name Sinéad O’Connor. She spoke out for Palestinian rights, respecting the Palestinian civil society call for BDS, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, once saying, quote, “on a human level, nobody with any sanity, including myself, would have anything but sympathy for the Palestinian plight. There’s not a sane person on earth who in any way sanctions what … the Israeli authorities are doing,” Sinéad said.
- Amy Goodman on Democracy Now (August 1, 2023)
