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"After a five-year break from recording, Sin&amp;#xE9;ad O&amp;apos;Connor is back with her strongest album in years, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;d prefer to call it How About I Be Me and You Fuck Off,&amp;quot; says the Irish singer, &amp;quot;but Walmart wouldn&amp;apos;t stock us.&amp;quot;\r\nHard Times It&amp;apos;s been a tough winter for O&amp;apos;Connor, who wed fourth husband Barry Herridge in a quickie Las Vegas ceremony in December, split with him after two weeks (they later reconciled) and reportedly attempted suicide in January. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m really unwell and in danger,&amp;quot; she wrote on Twitter. But she seems to be feeling much better now. Says the singer, &amp;quot;Music is therapy.&amp;quot;\r\nMixing It Up The tunes on How About I Be Me showcase O&amp;apos;Connor&amp;apos;s range &amp;#x2013; from &amp;quot;4th and Vine,&amp;quot; a pretty folk-rock love song, to &amp;quot;Reason With Me,&amp;quot; a harrowing junkie confession. &amp;quot;I only write very rarely, but these came from a concentrated time of writing,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;There are some romantic songs, there are some character songs and there are songs which are more spiritualized and more politicized.&amp;quot;\r\nWhat About Bob? O&amp;apos;Connor&amp;apos;s website features a &amp;quot;Letters to Bob Dylan&amp;quot; section where she airs her thoughts about her all-time favorite musician (&amp;quot;Despite your main feature being sexeliciousness, you&amp;apos;re also not a bad oul&amp;apos; sayer of songs&amp;quot;). &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m sure he doesn&amp;apos;t bother reading my bloody website, but it&amp;apos;s important to thank the man,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;He didn&amp;apos;t give a shit what people thought, and early on he was good at tuning out his critics. Whereas I&amp;apos;m a fucking idiot, and it&amp;apos;s taken me 25 years.&amp;quot;\r\nThis story is from the March 1st, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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