The general population still thinks HIV is something that came in the 80s and went away, or that it only affects the gay population or intravenous drug users.

In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything.

You have to be quite grounded, and I don't know what that is. Sometimes, that means being vulnerable.

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.

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

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.