Annie Lennox quotes

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

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.

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.

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

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.

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.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death.

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.