--- title: "16 Needs Quotes By Annie Lennox" description: "16 Needs quotes by Annie Lennox. Plus more from Annie Lennox and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/annie-lennox-1546_charity_charity-is-a-fine-thing-if-it-s-meeting_1771594.jpg" --- > [Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/charity-is-a-fine-thing-if-it-s-meeting-a-gap-where-needs-must-be-met/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6f/annie-lennox-1546_charity_charity-is-a-fine-thing-if-it-s-meeting_1771594.jpg) > [The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/the-word-feminism-needs-to-be-taken-back-it-needs-to-be-reclaimed-in/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/annie-lennox-1546_feminism_the-word-feminism-needs-to-be-taken-back_2644218.jpg) > [If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/if-one-woman-is-suffering-then-we-are-all-suffering-and-we-need-to/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/annie-lennox-1546_ifs_if-one-woman-is-suffering-then-we-are-al_380425.jpg) > [Just having medicine isn't equivalent to medical care. You need the health systems, you need to create the social framework so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/just-having-medicine-isn-t-equivalent-to-medical-care-you-need-the/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/annie-lennox-1546_care_just-having-medicine-isn-t-equivalent-to_1768365.jpg) > [Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/feminism-is-a-word-that-i-identify-with-the-term-has-become/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/annie-lennox-1546_come_feminism-is-a-word-that-i-identify-with_251660.jpg) > [There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/there-are-so-many-things-that-we-could-do-to-change-the-world-in-so/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/annie-lennox-1546_aspect_there-are-so-many-things-that-we-could-d_2776300.jpg) > [Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/such-is-the-scale-and-depth-of-poverty-in-many-parts-of-the-world/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/annie-lennox-1546_depth_such-is-the-scale-and-depth-of-poverty-i_1913115.jpg) > [Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/poor-countries-are-being-forced-to-deal-with-an-unprecedented-health/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/annie-lennox-1546_access_poor-countries-are-being-forced-to-deal_1649117.jpg) > [If you do nothing, if a mother doesn't come for care, if she breastfeeds her baby, the chances of the baby getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/if-you-do-nothing-if-a-mother-doesn-t-come-for-care-if-she/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/annie-lennox-1546_baby_if-you-do-nothing-if-a-mother-doesn-t-co_134193.jpg) > [There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/there-needs-to-be-a-shift-in-consciousness-there-needs-to-be-an/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/annie-lennox-1546_absolutes_there-needs-to-be-a-shift-in-consciousne_1096776.jpg) > [I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-get-very-frustrated-when-i-hear-women-saying-oh-feminism-is-pass/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/annie-lennox-1546_empowerment_i-get-very-frustrated-when-i-hear-women_2771328.jpg) > [I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-m-appalled-that-the-word-feminism-has-been-denigrated-to-a-place-of/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/annie-lennox-1546_appalled_i-m-appalled-that-the-word-feminism-has_2926592.jpg) > [There's so much stigma around HIV/AIDS. It's a challenging issue, and the people that already have been tested and know their status…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/there-s-so-much-stigma-around-hiv-aids-it-s-a-challenging-issue-and/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/annie-lennox-1546_able_there-s-so-much-stigma-around-hiv-aids-i_972381.jpg) > [If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/if-you-come-face-to-face-with-some-really-challenging-situations-and/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/annie-lennox-1546_amplification_if-you-come-face-to-face-with-some-reall_1034825.jpg) > [I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-stand-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-that-have-gone-before-me-in-terms/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/annie-lennox-1546_access_i-stand-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-that_3048588.jpg) > [We need money to scale up the services that bring medicine to mothers. The United States government's doing that. There's a global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/we-need-money-to-scale-up-the-services-that-bring-medicine-to-mothers/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/annie-lennox-1546_baby_we-need-money-to-scale-up-the-services-t_1406407.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## More by Annie Lennox > [Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/having-children-they-re-not-your-property-they-need-to-figure-out/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/you-have-to-be-quite-grounded-and-i-don-t-know-what-that-is-sometimes/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/although-i-have-lived-in-london-i-have-never-really-considered-london/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-m-not-a-saint-i-m-not-an-angel-i-m-a-human-being/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-ve-thought-about-what-is-an-alternative-word-to-feminism-there-isn/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/every-artist-has-to-make-their-own-statements-and-they-have-to-live/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [I want to be true to who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-want-to-be-true-to-who-i-am/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [There must be an angel playing with my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/there-must-be-an-angel-playing-with-my-heart/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/the-worst-thing-someone-gets-is-isolated-isolation-is-the-darkest/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-only-want-to-make-music-because-i-have-a-passion-for-it/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/there-are-two-kinds-of-artists-left-those-who-endorse-pepsi-and-those/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [If you do nothing, if a mother doesn't come for care, if she breastfeeds her baby, the chances of the baby getting HIV are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/if-you-do-nothing-if-a-mother-doesn-t-come-for-care-if-she/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [The person who inspired me the most was a friend of mine, Anita Roddick. I know that Anita wasn't known to be an ardent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/the-person-who-inspired-me-the-most-was-a-friend-of-mine-anita/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-ve-had-my-share-of-dark-days-of-the-soul-i-try-not-to-focus-on-it/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) > [Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody... as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/motherhood-was-the-great-equaliser-for-me-i-started-to-identify-with/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/annie-lennox/#itemlist", "name": "16 Needs Quotes By Annie Lennox", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. 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