Annie Lennox

I'm a female but I have a masculine side and I'm not going to negate that part of myself. ”

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? ”

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. ”

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it. ”

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. ”

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about. ”

I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer. ”

It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years. ”

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. ”

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism. ”