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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I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's very beautiful. But I'm a working parent, so I've always kept my own life.

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 school.

Annie Lennox

I have a reputation for being cold and aloof, but I'm so not that woman. I'm passionate. I love my girls, being with my girlfriends, getting involved with issues that affect other women and children who are suffering.

Annie Lennox

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

Annie Lennox

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

Annie Lennox

I would love to meet a dodo.

Annie Lennox

I love to make music and stay grounded.

Annie Lennox

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

Annie Lennox

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfo...

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I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.

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

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

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

Annie Lennox

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.

Annie Lennox

I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.

Annie Lennox

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll ...

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I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

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Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

Annie Lennox

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

Annie Lennox

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.

Annie Lennox

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a...

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Author Bio

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