330 Quotes by Annie Lennox

There was a time when I looked to other people for recognition, because I didn’t have enough confidence to trust my own judgment. Now I’m not looking for reassurance, because I realize how fickle people are. My own strength is the best I can have.

If people like your music, you can’t guarantee they’re going to love you.

I don’t take myself as seriously as some people think, and I’d hate anyone to think I was preaching. That’s the last thing I want.

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 didn’t want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

It’s hard to tell how far women’s individuality has come in the past twenty years.

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.

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they’re usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they’d love to go to school.

I don’t feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.