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

It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years.

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

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

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

I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.