“I’ve known Taylor Swift for 10 years and I’ve seen her go ‘I’m just going to be Taylor Swift all the time.’ She just embraces it.’ Music exec Ted Cockle

The music that surrounded you when you were young marks your life like no other. When music business executive Ted Cockle asks who that was when I was young, and I mention Sinéad O’Connor, he responds with what he calls “one of the best stories” from his years as one of the one of the most important figures in the British music industry.