Annie lennox

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

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.

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

Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

I'm not a saint. I'm not an angel. I'm a human being.

I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.

As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.

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.

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...

I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.