Quotes from Annie Lennox

Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.

I have a lot to be grateful for.

I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.

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

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike. I know that because I don't come from a wealthy background.

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.

The dynamic between two individuals starts off with everything warm and nice and fabulous and good. Working and living together can serve you quite well, but when it starts to go wrong - oh, boy!

I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys.

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

The person who inspired me the most was a friend of mine, Anita Roddick. I know that Anita wasn't known to be an ardent feminist, but she truly was.

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

I don't have any interest to go to Israel. I don't think I'd ever have a cause to go.

I see myself as a traveller.

I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.

I love to make music and stay grounded.

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.