#is

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#commercial #means #necessarily #out #people

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#artist #being #different #hats #hopefully

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#become #comfortable #creative #creative person #curious

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

As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#ever #go #hungry #hurt #impulse

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 have any interest to go to Israel. I don't think I'd ever have a cause to go. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#cause #ever #go #i #interest

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

I have always been a very visual person and a keen observer. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#been #i #keen #observer #person

I was never much of a one to win prizes... and certainly never placed too much value on their acquisition. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#certainly #i #much #never #placed