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I like to be surrounded by splendid things. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#like #splendid #surrounded #things

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#dying #easy #living #me #scares

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#background #been #being #belongs #community

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's 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

#darker #draws #emotion #emotions #expressing

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#africa #arms #bird #cover #everybody

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#always #deal #deeper #i #interested

Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#always #because #been #considered #going

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

— Annie Lennox

#community #depending #fantastic #people #policy

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#become #both #come #countries #developing

I don't think feminism is about the exclusion of men but their inclusion... we must face and address those issues, especially to include younger men and boys. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#address #especially #exclusion #face #feminism