“I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.”
Women
“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.”
WomenAll Quotes by Annie Lennox
“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. '”
Women“For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.”
Art“Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.”
Christmas“I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.”
Music“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 find me.”
Music“Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.”
Beauty“I love to make music and stay grounded.”
Music“Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.”
Money“I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.”
History“Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.”
Women“I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.”
Power“I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.”
Poetry“As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.”
Society“Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.”
Death“Women's issues have always been a part of my life.”
Women“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.”
Beauty“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.”
Women“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.”
Home“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.”
Music