Annie Lennox Want Quotations

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

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

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.

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.

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

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

I wanted to create something that was quite edgy and belonged to me. It wasn't about my sexual orientation, because I'm heterosexual. It was saying that appearance is just temporary, and I want to be as strong as a man.