Quote: There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won t. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and no, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought. [Annie Lennox]
Quote: I love to make music and stay grounded. [Annie Lennox]