If you do nothing, if a mother doesn't come for care, if she breastfeeds her baby, the chances of the baby getting HIV are about 40%. So it's about the difference between 40% and zero. This is almost totally preventable. But it requires mothers coming for care and getting the medicines they need, and getting the education and support they need.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist.

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

I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.

Music is a great vehicle for communications, and I have a certain platform. I have an opportunity and I have to take it.

I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.