Quotes from Annie Lennox

When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.

I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing.

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'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

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.

Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community.

I'm just an ordinary person.

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 would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me.

For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of photography but I don't agree.

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.

Having children, they're not your property. They need to figure out their own views. I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness, but I can't speak on their behalf.

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

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.

Actually, I'm quite a domesticated person. I love the little things of home.

I like where I live here, in London.

You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'

Medicine comes with hope: the hope of having a healthy child, the hope of being able to raise your family.