Annie Lennox

“Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.”

“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.”

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

“I like where I live here, in London.”

“Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.”

“The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness.”

“I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.”

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

“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.”

“Women's issues have always been a part of my life.”

“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. '”

“A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.”

“Whatever you do, you do out of a passion.”

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

“I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.”

“You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters.”

“The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.”

“When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.”

“I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.”

“I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.”