Annie Lennox

If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

— Annie Lennox

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

— Annie Lennox

The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out.

— Annie Lennox

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

— Annie Lennox

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the…

— Annie Lennox

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and…

— Annie Lennox

I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of…

— Annie Lennox

When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the…

— Annie Lennox

Everything is illusory. You cannot label something and feel that that is the beginning, middle, and end of it.

— Annie Lennox

I'm very intrigued that in this culture of reality television and celebrity - which is an enormous industry and generates billions and…

— Annie Lennox

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women…

— Annie Lennox

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease…

— Annie Lennox

I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look…

— Annie Lennox

To be labeled as a strong woman when you feel vulnerable is a strange place to be, because then you're, like, "Oh,…

— Annie Lennox

I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,…

— Annie Lennox

The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. You can live with almost any condition…

— Annie Lennox

I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be…

— Annie Lennox

If you want to open a supermarket chain and put your face all around the globe, selling your baby and your dog,…

— Annie Lennox

You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of…

— Annie Lennox

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

— Annie Lennox

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't…

— Annie Lennox

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

— Annie Lennox

I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.

— Annie Lennox

Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody.

— Annie Lennox

Women empowering other women.They get the psycho-social support. They become part of a community.

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox

I watch 'Mad Men,' I knit scarves, I cook and am very, very normal. Honestly.

— Annie Lennox

I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.

— Annie Lennox

There must be an angel, Playing with my heart. And when I think that I'm alone, It seems there's more of us…

— Annie Lennox

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

— Annie Lennox