The Scottish music sensation Susan Boyle, was tormented throughout her childhood by other pupils at school because she was “different”. But Susan, who suffered from learning difficulties because she was starved of oxygen during her birth, found peace through her love of music.
She said, “My singing silenced the bullies, but better than that it silenced the demons inside of me. When you’ve been jeered at, told to shut up, sit still, stop being silly, there’s noise constantly rolling around your head. When I was singing it was peaceful. It gave me a new identity.”