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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball player and author

My college years, when everything was possible and I felt physically invulnerable.

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

Chris Addison Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and director

It would be a bad sign if I had a definite answer to that, wouldn't it?

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2010 source ↗

When I changed the toner cartridge in my printer all on my own – that was a day of pure euphoria.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer

My granddaughter is only one, but she gives the best hugs. That’s when I’m happiest at the moment.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗