Quotes By Annie Lennox

I would love to meet a dodo.

I will go out of my way to avoid the shopping crowds and the extreme consumerism - I hate all that.

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 fashion item.

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

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

Women's issues have always been a part of my life.

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

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

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.

People ask me so many questions.

I like where I live here, in London.

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.

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

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

HIV/AIDS has no boundaries.

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 me.

The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and no, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.

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.

I've never been a social person.