Word: connors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Connor: I just had a baby, and by the time I had written an album, it would have been next summer before I could [tour]. So I've just put out the songs I've got so far so I can work this summer...
...Connor: Wonderful, but very scary because I'm not an actor--I'm quite a shy person. But it was a kind of fantasy that I'm sure most Catholic girls had at one point or another. It's easy. You just had to stand there and look loving, basically...
Five years ago, Sinead O'Connor ripped up a photo of the Pope on TV. Recently, she's been quietly putting her own life back together. A single mother, she's raising her son Jake, 10, and daughter Roisin, 1, and taking college courses about her native Ireland. The new, more introspective O'Connor, 30, is now touring the U.S. to promote Gospel Oak, her graceful six-song mini-album. She spoke with TIME's Christopher John Farley on the phone from London before the tour began...
...Connor: It has to do with growing up. I wouldn't want to say there's anything wrong with [being bald], because I felt very feminine. But I guess I was thinking if I didn't have any hair, I wouldn't have any recollection of who I was. That's not why I did it in the first place. But it became that. And it did become then, after years, a thing I would do almost as punishment to myself. I wanted to pretend to be tough...
...still boasts a formidable and largely male lineup. But the most anticipated performer is probably going to be a woman: Alanis Morissette. On June 14-15, New York will also play host to the Guinness Fleadh Festival, an Irish-centric event with over 60 acts, headlined by Sinead O'Connor, who has a terrific new mini-album of six songs called Gospel Oak--and a happier outlook on life. Predicts O'Connor: "[The Fleadh] will be the best fun I've had in years." You go, girl...