Annie Lennox Quotes
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I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's very beautiful. But I'm a working parent, so I've always kept my own life.
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I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.
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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.
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We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.
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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.
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Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.
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I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.
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I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to be treated like a clothes horse.
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The poetic side of me is Scottish.
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I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.
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I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be feminists, too! Many men are feminists. We need feminism. It's not against men; it's about the empowerment of women. It's the respect of women - giving women equal rights, the same opportunities.
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Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
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In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.
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I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.
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Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.
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My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.
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Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.
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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.
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I sang a lot as a little girl and entered competitions. I loved singing in choirs, but it was as I got older that I really found my voice.
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There must be an angel, Playing with my heart. And when I think that I'm alone, It seems there's more of us at home...
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I wanted to create something that was quite edgy and belonged to me. It wasn't about my sexual orientation, because I'm heterosexual. It was saying that appearance is just temporary, and I want to be as strong as a man.
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Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary.
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I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.
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I've never been a social person.