Annie Lennox Quotes - Page 3

Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot survive. Valentine's Day is on the 14 February. Christmas Day is on the 25 December. Peace Day has been established by the United Nations on the 21 September, and the whole world is invited to participate.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.

Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.

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

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.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.

Let me be the only one to keep you from the cold Now the floor of hell is laid, the stars are bright as gold They light for you, they shine for you They burn for all to see Come into these arms again and set your spirit free

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.

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

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

I want to be true to who I am.

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.

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

I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned.

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.

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

It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Desire, despair, desire. So many monsters.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

More than anything, I think everything about appearance is illusory. People see you, and they think they understand what you're projecting, but actually, they have their own interpretation of it, or they put a label on you.