Sinead O'Connor Quotes

All my songs are where I am.

Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.

When I sing, I go somewhere else. Every time after I sing, I'll ask, 'Did I do OK?' Because I feel like it's like my soul squeezing out of my vocal chords. I don't sit there and think about 'I'm gonna do this next...' I just sing. I sing from my heart, and my heart's got a little lonesome in it.

I feel everything very strongly, and I find that when I sing through music, it helps me connect to people.

I always like to vent and tell the truth in my music.

Most of all, I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.

Music has always been a part of my life. It's my way of expression.

Music is the can-opener of the soul.

Singing is just a feeling set to music.

As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.

I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

In order to get a note out, I have to dig deep, and I mean that on an emotional level. To physically sing, I have to get somewhere deep before I can do it.

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

I think you can really gauge my state of mind by listening to my albums.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.

Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.

Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

I think it's really cool to embrace the pain of something that may have hurt you and be able to express it through music.

It was a really strange way that I came into music. Once I gave voice to it, the pit of emotions that I guess I knew was inside of me for a long time, the stream never really stopped.

My songs are just little letters to me.

I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.