A biography for Annie Lennoxhasn’t been written yet.
“Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.”
“I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.”
“I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.”
“There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong.”
“I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.”
“I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.”
“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.”
“I've never been a social person.”
“I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.”
“For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.”
“You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.”
“I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.”
“My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.”
“I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.”
“I wouldn't say that I've mellowed. I'm less mellow, perhaps.”
“The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.”
“I love to make music and stay grounded.”
“I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer.”
“I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves.”
“As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.”