Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBEis a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 December 1954
CityAberdeen, Scotland
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.
Everything is illusory. You cannot label something and feel that that is the beginning, middle, and end of it.
I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.
I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.
Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.
More than anything, I think everything about appearance is illusory. People see you, and they think they understand what you're projecting, but actually, they have their own interpretation of it, or they put a label on you.
I have a reputation for being cold and aloof, but I'm so not that woman. I'm passionate. I love my girls, being with my girlfriends, getting involved with issues that affect other women and children who are suffering.
Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.
When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.
I want to be true to who I am.
I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.
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.
I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.
The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition.