I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

We would like to see the virtual elimination of the transmission of [HIV] from mother to child by 2015. ... We believe it can be achieved with political will.

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

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

I'm not living my life under the spotlight for anybody.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

If someone says something unpleasant, I can't say it doesn't smart a bit. It always does. Someone can take a really nasty swipe if they want because it kind of feels powerful for a person to write in a paper and get that thing out there.