Quotes by Annie Lennox

About Annie Lennox:

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".
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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 t...

Annie Lennox

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

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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.

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Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now.

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

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The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

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In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get you...

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

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

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When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

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

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

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Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.

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 for me, and it has been too.

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I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

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Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

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Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

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I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameAnnie Lennox
  • DescriptionBritish musician
  • BornDecember 25, 1954
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire