Annie Lennox Quotes

I will go out of my way to avoid the shopping crowds and the extreme consumerism – I hate all that.

Charity is a fine thing if it’s meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

I’m not living my life under the spotlight for anybody.

The future hasn’t happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I’m in.

Imagine living in abject poverty and not knowing anything other than that for generations. Or alternatively, imagine being born into a really wealthy family, but there was no real love. Everyone’s living these extraordinary, interesting lives whether they know it or not.

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

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

I grew up in a middle class household with parents, went to good schools, and never feared for anything, never wanted for anything that was really important. For all of us living in this world, all of us who have the resources, for us to not dedicate ourselves to giving something back, is to leave the world a lesser place.

Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.

I’m passionate about everything, actually. I’m passionate about life.

Whatever you do, you do out of a passion.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn’t have before from the experiences I’ve had.