Annie Lennox Quotes
When I was younger I wish I'd known that what often seemed to be the 'end of the world' often turned out to be a positive and transformative experience!
Quotes to Explore
-
When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
-
I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
-
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
-
Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
-
I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
-
Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
-
It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
-
Music is such a part of my soul.
-
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
-
When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
-
I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.
-
In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
-
There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
-
How do I handle it? I would say more times than not, if I have a bad shot, I just get angry and almost like kill the next one. And it usually works I would say 9 times out of 10.
-
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
-
Growing up I studied classically and did lots of shows in school.
-
I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
-
I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death.
-
I've got a lot of different religious ideas circling through my family, but the positive thing is that I was raised with a lot of openness and compassion.
-
Martial arts was something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life, and I wasn't getting what I needed from college. When I realized that I could fight for money and have it be part of my learning experience as a martial artist, it made perfect sense for me to dive into fighting.
-
Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
-
A song can be a song where somebody thinks you're crazy. A song that gets released has got to be something that everyone can relate to. Most of the songs that I keep are un-relateable for most people - some of the music I make only for myself and the homies.
-
When I was younger I wish I'd known that what often seemed to be the 'end of the world' often turned out to be a positive and transformative experience!
