Annie Lennox

I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture. ”

I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess. ”

Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community. ”

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing. ”

I've never been a social person. ”

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

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can. ”

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

I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers. ”

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. ”