The worst thing someone gets is isolated. Isolation is the darkest part of any condition. Annie Lennox More Quotes by Annie Lennox More Quotes From Annie Lennox If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that. Annie Lennox voice suffering needs I stand on the shoulders of giants that have gone before me, in terms of affording people like myself, women, the access to democracy, the vote, medical treatment, education, everything that I've been given. It's all been earned. Therefore I feel it's incumbent on me personally to just contribute something, to add to a collective voice that needs to be here right now, to build it up to a tipping point, to make the world aware that women's rights still have to be addressed and that the word 'feminism' has been devalued and needs to be reclaimed. Annie Lennox voice rights people Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy. Annie Lennox sake want people You wouldn't find a Joni Mitchell on 'X Factor;' that's not the place. 'X Factor' is a specific thing for people that want to go through that process - it's a factory, you know, and it's owned and stitched-up by puppet masters. Annie Lennox puppets want people The inner world is very potent for me - I don't ascribe to any God or Jesus or Buddha - I just have a sense of it and revere it along with the natural world and human consciousness. Annie Lennox consciousness world jesus 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. Annie Lennox perfectly-good feminism alternatives Please don't ask me for the actual answer to anything, because I don't have it. Because all I do is look at stuff and ask questions. What can I say? I just think the world's barking mad. Look, I'm not an expert. I'm just an ordinary person. Annie Lennox mad ordinary thinking 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. Annie Lennox developing-countries issues country Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had. Annie Lennox skins age ease Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too. Annie Lennox stopping london home It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore. Annie Lennox example children world Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries. Annie Lennox hate men country There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages. Annie Lennox magazines pages differences The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men. Annie Lennox feminism taken men 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. Annie Lennox voice strong people 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. Annie Lennox men boys thinking Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin. Annie Lennox artist taken years 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. Annie Lennox black-and-white tvs house Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world. Annie Lennox granted rights world If you want to open a supermarket chain and put your face all around the globe, selling your baby and your dog, if it makes you happy, who am I to disagree, as the song goes. But it's not for me. I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy. Annie Lennox dog song baby
