The music scene in the '70s was like the United Kingdom in the '70s - we had a lot of unemployment, we had inflation, we had a lot of strikes going on, on a national scale, and a lot of discontent. That was reflected in the music.

HIV/AIDS has no boundaries.

I think people in Great Britain are a bit jaded sometimes.

It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

One realizes after a long time that, actually, we are contradictory, all of us.

It was very easy for me to dedicate myself to the care of mothers, help them have healthy babies, help them be healthy, help them in a place where they don't have opportunities. Success breeds the excitement to continue going. It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.