Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBEis a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth25 December 1954
CityAberdeen, Scotland
Annie Lennox quotes about
I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.
It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.
What's really interesting is when you get a brand-new wave that has no connection to anything else. It always reflects society. The flappers would cut the dresses and make them looser, they smoked, their hair was short. It was a rebellion against the corset and the Edwardian era.
I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to be treated like a clothes horse.
I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer.
I like where I live here, in London.
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 love to make music and stay grounded.
I think life on the road really suits very egotistical men. It's set up for kings.
I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.
I think Scotland could take a stand in a wonderful way, ecologically and morally and ethically.
The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going on, on a national scale, and a lot of discontent. That was reflected in the music.
It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.
The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out.