You can't have a church run by people who don't believe in God.

When I grew up in Ireland in the seventies there was no such thing as therapy...I mean we didn't even have cappuccinos until 1998! So for me music was therapy, it was also the place where one could speak about himself, where he was allowed to speak about his traumatic experiences.

Irish artists have a tradition of being very heavily engaged in what is happening in their own society. So it was important that they had a voice.

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.

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.

Nobody gets between me and my microphone.

I really believe that God and religion is two different things.