Singer Sinead O'Connor says she is an "irregular" woman and doesn't care what people think.
"Nothing compares 2 u" hitmaker says there is a pressure to act a certain way "from the minute you're born", but she has moved past that, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I gave being a regular woman a good few tries. There is pressure to be a regular woman from the minute you're born, so I was duty-bound to try. But I'm irregular. I don't try not to be irregular anymore," she said.
The 47-year-old has "learned" to accept and "love" herself no matter what.
She said: "I have learned to love myself unconditionally. When people used to say that thing to me about 'You have to love yourself before you can love anybody,' I had no idea what they were talking about.
"But I'll be 48 in December, and I think that as you get older, it becomes obvious. Sometimes we have to find out by f***ing up. You know what I mean?"