I want to be true to who I am. Annie Lennox More Quotes by Annie Lennox More Quotes From Annie Lennox You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You have to find associative meaning to get you there. So it's rather like doing a crossword puzzle backwards. A kind of strange, three-dimensional, abstract crossword puzzle. Annie Lennox lines three song When women get together as a group, it is immensely powerful. Annie Lennox groups powerful together Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is. Annie Lennox rubbish leaving flying 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. Annie Lennox issues age birthday There was a time when I looked to other people for recognition, because I didn't have enough confidence to trust my own judgment. Now I'm not looking for reassurance, because I realize how fickle people are. My own strength is the best I can have. Annie Lennox fickle spiritual people Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him. Annie Lennox awe-inspiring persons feels If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. ' Annie Lennox wake-up feminist ifs Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them. Annie Lennox statements artist Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community. Annie Lennox community church people I love to make music and stay grounded. Annie Lennox grounded I like where I live here, in London. Annie Lennox london I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer. Annie Lennox observers visuals persons I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence? Annie Lennox soul calling trying I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change. Annie Lennox baffled viewpoints cutting I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage. Annie Lennox stage girl want 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. Annie Lennox hats artist mother Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now. Annie Lennox achieve light rooms I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women. Annie Lennox hiv bird people 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. Annie Lennox inspired feminist persons Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism. Annie Lennox careers stars busy