Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion – very powerful emotions. Thats what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and – people identify with that. – Annie Lennox
Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement. – Annie Lennox
I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. – Annie Lennox
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life. – Hannah Arendt