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
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 understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.
I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.
Whatever you do, you do out of a passion
The poetic side of me is Scottish.
I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.
I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.
There's good stuff and bad stuff, but you continue on. I'm not prescriptive - I cannot tell anyone else what to do with their lives, and I'm a deeply flawed individual - but this is it. We're all just living it and... bless us all.
I have a lot to be grateful for.
It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.
It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.
To be labeled as a strong woman when you feel vulnerable is a strange place to be, because then you're, like, "Oh, I have to be strong now. But I don't feel strong. I feel alienated. I feel isolated. I feel that things are very surreal, and they're not authentic, and this is all just very overwhelming."
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.
I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.