--- title: "21 Want Quotes By Annie Lennox" description: "21 Want quotes by Annie Lennox. Plus more from Annie Lennox and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/annie-lennox-1546_girl_i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly_2708587.jpg" --- > [I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly-girl-on-stage/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/annie-lennox-1546_girl_i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly_2708587.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/annie-lennox-1546_music_i-only-want-to-make-music-because-i-have_127094.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/annie-lennox-1546_being-true_i-want-to-be-true-to-who-i-am-91106_91106.jpg) > [I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-want-people-to-understand-me-as-a-person-with-views-not-just/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/annie-lennox-1546_people_i-want-people-to-understand-me-as-a-pers_827978.jpg) > [I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-don-t-want-to-be-owned-by-a-corporation-and-obliged-to-make-a/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/annie-lennox-1546_certain_i-don-t-want-to-be-owned-by-a-corporatio_1461372.jpg) > [I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-enjoy-multi-tasking-so-i-want-to-do-a-lot-of-different-things-i/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/annie-lennox-1546_different_i-enjoy-multi-tasking-so-i-want-to-do-a_2957476.jpg) > [I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-want-people-to-start-thinking-about-what-it-means-to-be-hiv/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/annie-lennox-1546_ask-questions_i-want-people-to-start-thinking-about-wh_1842654.jpg) > [I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-understand-what-it-is-for-a-woman-to-want-to-protect-their-children/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/annie-lennox-1546_best_i-understand-what-it-is-for-a-woman-to-w_2368341.jpg) > [I didn't want to be a Barbie doll. I didn't want to be a passive entertainer. It wasn't how I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-barbie-doll-i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-passive/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/annie-lennox-1546_barbie_i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-barbie-doll-i-didn_2638660.jpg) > [I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-want-to-branch-out-i-want-to-write-i-write-poetry-i-want-to-see-my/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/annie-lennox-1546_children_i-want-to-branch-out-i-want-to-write-i-w_1833561.jpg) > [Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/fame-for-fame-s-sake-is-toxic-some-people-want-that-with-no/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/annie-lennox-1546_boundaries_fame-for-fame-s-sake-is-toxic-some-peopl_1943587.jpg) > [I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-used-to-be-obsessed-about-how-i-presented-myself-i-didn-t-want/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/annie-lennox-1546_clothes_i-used-to-be-obsessed-about-how-i-presen_278986.jpg) > [I think it takes a lot to put oneself in a place where, you know, that thing about "Feel the fear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-think-it-takes-a-lot-to-put-oneself-in-a-place-where-you-know-that/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/annie-lennox-1546_driving_i-think-it-takes-a-lot-to-put-oneself-in_1679718.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) > [You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/you-wouldn-t-find-a-joni-mitchell-on-x-factor-that-s-not-the-place-x/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/annie-lennox-1546_factor_you-wouldn-t-find-a-joni-mitchell-on-x-f_2699737.jpg) > [One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/one-wouldn-t-want-to-have-the-same-dilemmas-at-50-as-one-had-at-15/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/annie-lennox-1546_different_one-wouldn-t-want-to-have-the-same-dilem_2267311.jpg) > [If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/if-someone-says-something-unpleasant-i-can-t-say-it-doesn-t-smart-a/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/annie-lennox-1546_doe_if-someone-says-something-unpleasant-i-c_432269.jpg) > [I wanted to create something that was quite edgy and belonged to me. It wasn't about my sexual orientation, because I'm heterosexual.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-wanted-to-create-something-that-was-quite-edgy-and-belonged-to-me/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/annie-lennox-1546_appearance_i-wanted-to-create-something-that-was-qu_1057168.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-don-t-take-myself-as-seriously-as-some-people-think-and-i-d-hate/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/annie-lennox-1546_hate_i-don-t-take-myself-as-seriously-as-some_3205623.jpg) > [If you want to open a supermarket chain and put your face all around the globe, selling your baby and your dog,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/if-you-want-to-open-a-supermarket-chain-and-put-your-face-all-around/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/annie-lennox-1546_always_if-you-want-to-open-a-supermarket-chain_1219631.jpg) > [I knew that I wanted to be a singer/songwriter when I was much younger and, um, I've been able to, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-singer-songwriter-when-i-was-much/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/annie-lennox-1546_able_i-knew-that-i-wanted-to-be-a-singer-song_1738234.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/annie-lennox/#itemlist", "name": "21 Want Quotes By Annie Lennox", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annie Lennox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly-girl-on-stage/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/annie-lennox-1546_girl_i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly_2708587.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/annie-lennox-1546_girl_i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly_2708587.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/annie-lennox-1546_girl_i-didn-t-want-to-be-perceived-as-a-girly_2708587.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.” — Annie Lennox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annie Lennox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-only-want-to-make-music-because-i-have-a-passion-for-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/annie-lennox-1546_music_i-only-want-to-make-music-because-i-have_127094.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/annie-lennox-1546_music_i-only-want-to-make-music-because-i-have_127094.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/annie-lennox-1546_music_i-only-want-to-make-music-because-i-have_127094.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.” — Annie Lennox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to be true to who I am.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annie Lennox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-want-to-be-true-to-who-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/annie-lennox-1546_being-true_i-want-to-be-true-to-who-i-am-91106_91106.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/annie-lennox-1546_being-true_i-want-to-be-true-to-who-i-am-91106_91106.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/annie-lennox-1546_being-true_i-want-to-be-true-to-who-i-am-91106_91106.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to be true to who I am.” — Annie Lennox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annie Lennox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-want-people-to-understand-me-as-a-person-with-views-not-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/annie-lennox-1546_people_i-want-people-to-understand-me-as-a-pers_827978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/annie-lennox-1546_people_i-want-people-to-understand-me-as-a-pers_827978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/annie-lennox-1546_people_i-want-people-to-understand-me-as-a-pers_827978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.” — Annie Lennox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. 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