330 Quotes by Annie Lennox

I’ve never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn’t do that group thing.

It’s not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.

I’m an only child, you know, originally. I’m not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.

Women’s issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word ‘feminism’ back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

When I was younger I wish I’d known that what often seemed to be the ‘end of the world’ often turned out to be a positive and transformative experience!

Money is a good thing and it’s obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

I’m appalled that 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. It isn’t about us and them.

When you’re that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can’t really tell whether you have created the momentum or it’s creating you.

Well I thought my time was over, but it’s only just begun.