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Nothing Compares

My mother was a beast and I was able to soothe her with my voice. Those were the years my...

Sinéad O'Connor: My mother was a beast and I was able to soothe her with my voice. Those were the years my voice would make the devil fall asleep

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My mother was a beast
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and I was able to soothe her with my voice
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I was able to use my voice to make the devil fall asleep
Duration
10 seconds
Views
67
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:36
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.
My father is the type of man that didn't want - Nothing Compares 00:06
My father is the type of man that didn't want
The cause of my own abuse was the church's effect - Nothing Compares 00:06
The cause of my own abuse was the church's effect...
I spent my entire childhood being beaten up - Nothing Compares 00:12
I spent my entire childhood being beaten up
I'd a terrible - Nothing Compares 00:18
I'd a terrible
[Sinéad]   I began studying scriptures - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Sinéad]   I began studying scriptures
Why were my grandparents so miserable - Nothing Compares 00:06
Why were my grandparents so miserable
So divorce, contraception, - Nothing Compares 00:09
So divorce, contraception,
It was a mortal sin, for example, - Nothing Compares 00:07
It was a mortal sin, for example,
[Sinéad]   I had loved the Catholic church, - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Sinéad]   I had loved the Catholic church,
That was a contract with the holy spirit I made, - Nothing Compares 00:05
That was a contract with the holy spirit I made,
I went into care when I was 14, - Nothing Compares 00:06
I went into care when I was 14,
The place was called "An Grianan," which means "The Sunrise." - Nothing Compares 00:11
The place was called "An Grianan," which means &qu...
Some had come from other children's homes, - Nothing Compares 00:05
Some had come from other children's homes,
Others had come from insecure family settings - Nothing Compares 00:07
Others had come from insecure family settings
[Sinéad]   They got a guitar teacher in - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Sinéad]   They got a guitar teacher in
[Jeannette] The first night, I was there - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Jeannette] The first night, I was there
And I won't forget it as long as I live, - Nothing Compares 00:04
And I won't forget it as long as I live,
One love - Nothing Compares 00:16
One love
[Sinéad]   In the congregation was her brother, Paul Byrne, - Nothing Compares 00:07
[Sinéad]   In the congregation was her brother, Paul Byrne,...
After chatting with Sinéad on the steps of the church, - Nothing Compares 00:04
After chatting with Sinéad on the steps of the church,...