Sinéad O'Connor: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

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.

Recorded Sinéad O'Connor said elsewhere, not written here

When I am performing, and when my kids make musical mayhem.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

I'm a happy guy in general, but the feeling of freedom and fun I got driving around with my friends in my first car is hard to top.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2020 source ↗

Fay Ripley English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

When my kids had little teeth and curly hair, and hadn’t discovered the idea of wanting to leave home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

Melanie Chisholm British pop singer

Becoming a mum quashed so many demons within me, and gave me confidence and a sense of calm.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2016 source ↗

Lleyton Hewitt Australian professional tennis player

When my kids were born.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2016 source ↗

Bob Marley's Ride Natty Ride.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗

The possibility that my forensic accountant might not be mistaken about various people badly using me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗

If Dave and Robert came to dine.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗

Muhammad Ali. I never liked him boxing; offstage, he was an archangel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 June 2013 source ↗

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