I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard. Annie Lennox More Quotes by Annie Lennox More Quotes From Annie Lennox The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in. Annie Lennox future appreciation life The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question. Annie Lennox heartbreaking world Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. Annie Lennox change kindness inspirational Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion. Annie Lennox empathy brutality compassion I have a lot to be grateful for. Annie Lennox be-grateful grateful I think that you can only be true to yourself. Nobody can live up to other people's expectations. You will always let them down. There will always be something they won't like about you. Annie Lennox expectations people thinking You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul. Annie Lennox soul expression heart When I was younger I wish I'd known that what often seemed to be the 'end of the world' often turned out to be a positive and transformative experience! Annie Lennox ends wish world This is the book I never read ~ These are the words I never said ~ This is the path I'll never tread ~ These are the dreams I'll dream instead Annie Lennox regret dream book You become really ugly when you become very superficial and self-obsessed. Annie Lennox ugly superficial self I love to be individual, to step beyond gender. Annie Lennox gender individual steps I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory. Annie Lennox projection temporary thinking To be human is to have a whole spectrum of these experiences that arise within us. Annie Lennox spectrum arise humans We're not interested to know the real heroes. We're really more interested in the villains, actually, and they seem to thrive, and it continues to be business as usual. Annie Lennox usual real hero You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?' Annie Lennox have-faith faces thinking The momentum of time is always going forward. You cannot repeat what has been done before. You can't go back. Annie Lennox repeats momentum done I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered. Annie Lennox independent states Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me. Annie Lennox interest good-things fame One realizes after a long time that, actually, we are contradictory, all of us. Annie Lennox contradictory realizing long 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. Annie Lennox emotion powerful people
