Annie Lennox Quotes

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] "What is it all about?"

I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.

I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.

Medicine comes with hope: the hope of having a healthy child, the hope of being able to raise your family.

To be human is to have a whole spectrum of these experiences that arise within us.

I'm a female but I have a masculine side and I'm not going to negate that part of myself.

People ask me so many questions.

I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.

Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.

If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you.

I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul.

When women get together as a group, it is immensely powerful.

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.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

I have a lot to be grateful for.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.

You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.

I want to be true to who I am.

In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything.

Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

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.

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

Just having medicine isn't equivalent to medical care. You need the health systems, you need to create the social framework so that people feel safe.

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.

You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding.

I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

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.

I don't have any interest to go to Israel. I don't think I'd ever have a cause to go.

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.

As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.

I love to make music and stay grounded.

I'm not a Christian, but I think the Christian message is a good one.

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.