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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

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Annie Lennox
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
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We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
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Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.
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It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.
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I don't take myself as seriously as some people think, and I'd hate anyone to think I was preaching. That's the last thing I want.
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Everything is illusory. You cannot label something and feel that that is the beginning, middle, and end of it.
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Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.
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