Quotes by Annie Lennox

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.”

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

“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.”

“Historically, the image of women in pop music has been so totally ornamental - sexual, but predictably so. It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years. Certain...”

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

“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. ...”

“I may be madI may be blindI may be viciously unkindBut I can still read what you're thinking.And I've heard it said too many timesThat you'd be better offBesides, why can't you see this boat is sin...”

“And If you're trying to cut me downYou know that I might bleed'Cause if you're trying to cut me downI know that you'll succeedAnd if you want to hurt meThere's nothing left to fear'Cause if you wan...”