Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer and songwriter
When I am performing, and when my kids make musical mayhem.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Now is pretty damned good.
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Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.
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That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
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