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I didn't mean to be strong
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Nothing Compares

I didn't mean to be strong. I wasn't thinking to myself, "I must be strong." I didn't...

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Sinéad O'Connor: I didn't mean to be strong. I wasn't thinking to myself, "I must be strong." I didn't know I was strong. I did suffer through a lot because everybody felt it was okay to kick the shit out of me. I regret that I was so sad because of it. I regret that I spent so many years very lonely and isolated, really

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I didn't mean to be strong
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I wasn't thinking to myself I must be strong
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I didn't know I was strong
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I did suffer through a lot because everybody felt
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it was okay to kick the shit out of me
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I regret that I was so sad because of it
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I regret that I spent so many years
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very lonely and isolated really
Duration
26 seconds
Views
76
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:02
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2024
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Tara Films,Ard Mhacha Productions,Field of Vision

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Movie Summary

Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
I regret that I spent so many years - Nothing Compares 00:05
I regret that I spent so many years
Ran down And the lady said it - Nothing Compares 00:26
Ran down And the lady said it
Oh, oh, Jerusalem - Nothing Compares 00:09
Oh, oh, Jerusalem
There was no therapy when I was growing up - Nothing Compares 00:15
There was no therapy when I was growing up
So the reason I got into music group was therapy, - Nothing Compares 00:07
So the reason I got into music group was therapy,
Everybody in music has a story in terms of their upbringing - Nothing Compares 00:05
Everybody in music has a story in terms of their upbringing...
There's something they need to get off their chest, - Nothing Compares 00:07
There's something they need to get off their chest,...
They're all, they're all looking at you, Sinéad, - Nothing Compares 00:04
They're all, they're all looking at you, Sinéad,...
And for me - Nothing Compares 00:15
And for me
Like I remember like yesterday I was lying on my pillow - Nothing Compares 00:07
Like I remember like yesterday I was lying on my pillow...
...all the streets were dark - Nothing Compares 00:19
...all the streets were dark
When I'm 11 my brother comes home with Slow Train Coming - Nothing Compares 00:17
When I'm 11 my brother comes home with Slow Train...
My mother had this fantastic record collection - Nothing Compares 00:07
My mother had this fantastic record collection
Her musical tastes ranged from John Lennon - Nothing Compares 00:10
Her musical tastes ranged from John Lennon
That was all that was ever on telly, - Nothing Compares 00:04
That was all that was ever on telly,
My father was into cello, - Nothing Compares 00:05
My father was into cello,
My parents separated when I was quite young, - Nothing Compares 00:09
My parents separated when I was quite young,
And she was physically - Nothing Compares 00:07
And she was physically
[tense music] - Nothing Compares 00:10
[tense music]
My mother was a beast - Nothing Compares 00:10
My mother was a beast