Annie Lennox Quotes
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I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.
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I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.
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I have a lot to be grateful for.
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I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.
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I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.
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You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul.
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I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.
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I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.
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There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong.
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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.
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If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.
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Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.
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Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.
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I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.
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The very fact that the planet is probably unsustainable with all that we've done to it and are doing to it, it's an appalling piece of evidence. It shows our complacency, our lack of passion or inclination to be authentic and really understand our true values. It's consistently depressing, but nevertheless, we carry on.
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Bulnerable without strength is vulnerable, and being vulnerable means you can be victimized.
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Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.
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I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.
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Success breeds the excitement to continue going.
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I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
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Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.
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The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. We create these communities from women who share common conditions, and those mothers carry each other through.
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I love to make music and stay grounded.
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I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.