Pop Quiz: Annie Lennox

Pop Quiz: Annie Lennox

Aidin Vaziri | Annie Lennox has sold nearly 80 million solo albums worldwide, earned four Grammys and scored both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for "Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Not bad for a woman who started her career dressed like a man with a bad dye job as a member of the Eurythmics in the early days of MTV. Her fourth solo release, "Songs of Mass Destruction," finds Lennox in a typically confrontational mood, taking on the ills of the modern world. On "Sing," a song devoted to the treatment of pregnant women with HIV, she is joined by Madonna, Shakira, Bonnie Raitt, Celine Dion and Fergie.


Annie Lennox
Q: On this album you also take on global warming, the war in Iraq, AIDS in Africa and lots of other fun stuff. Have you ever written a happy song?
A: I'm not an ostrich. I live in this world, and I'm not about to pretend that everything is fantastic, because it's not. As a mother, I would love to see a future world where children are born not into medieval circumstances. I'm only touching on the surface with these topics. We could go on.
Q: What would Annie Lennox most likely be arrested for?
A: Very little. I'm terribly law- abiding.
Q: What? I thought we were ready to take on the world here.
A: You can do it without breaking the law. If I were arrested, it would probably be for something really banal, like sometimes I sneak a call on my mobile phone while I'm driving without pulling over.
Q: That's not even illegal in the United Sates. Would you at least climb up a tree to save it?
A: No. I would be terrified. I couldn't do that. I work within my own sphere of influence. Continue reading.