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 More Quotes by Annie Lennox More Quotes From Annie Lennox One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life. Annie Lennox dilemma different want I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week. Annie Lennox poverty week pounds When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you. Annie Lennox creating successful motivational I get very frustrated when I hear women saying, "Oh, feminism is passé," because I think feminism means empowerment. Men can be feminists, too! Many men are feminists. We need feminism. It's not against men; it's about the empowerment of women. It's the respect of women - giving women equal rights, the same opportunities. Annie Lennox strong-women opportunity mean I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can. Annie Lennox want giving children Each individual is as individual as their fingerprints, and I think that's extraordinary. Annie Lennox fingerprints individual thinking If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. Annie Lennox tourists purpose challenges You can live with almost any condition if you're living within a community of people who can share a common understanding. Annie Lennox community understanding people 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. Annie Lennox democracy giants people You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable. Annie Lennox vulnerable sometimes mean I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. Annie Lennox growing-up writing children In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything. Annie Lennox perception way There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in nonprofit organizations, tackling the issues that we so desperately need to face, while governments fail so appallingly. Annie Lennox issues government organization If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there. Annie Lennox bridges giving people If people like your music, you can't guarantee they're going to love you. Annie Lennox guarantees love-you people I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want. Annie Lennox hate people thinking We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us. Annie Lennox extraordinary raised mother Fundamentally, we are all in the same place: we're born, we live, and we're going to die. In between, we'll have joy and we'll have sadness. Annie Lennox born sadness joy I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing. Annie Lennox homeless strange littles There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't. Annie Lennox pepsi artist two
