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Subject: Sinead O'Connor
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Date: 10 Oct 89 15:05:11 GMT
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Really-From: juli@griggs.dartmouth.edu (Julian West)

     Ed sez Sinead sez:
>     "I like Kate Bush, so it's kind of flattering [to be compared with
> her].  I'd rather be compared with her than with someone I really 
> detested. . .like Suzanne Vega, Joni Mitchell."
    When I met her (six months before this interview) she - quite reasonably -
    hated to be compared to Kate because _everyone_ (ie, not just |}) did it; 
    the combined effect was to deny the originality of her music.  She must have
    mellowed out, or got used to it, over the months.

    Julian