330 Quotes by Annie Lennox

Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

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 think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] "What is it all about?"

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

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

There must be an angel playing with my heart.

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

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