Quotes By Annie Lennox

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 think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages.

Whatever you do, you do out of a passion.

It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore.

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

I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

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 comfortable in my own skin.

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

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.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.

I'm a female but I have a masculine side and I'm not going to negate that part of myself.

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition.

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

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

I would love to meet a dodo.

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

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.

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

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