We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.

I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs.

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about.

In the States, the HIV transmission from mother to child is almost completely preventable - the only mothers who really do transmit it are the ones who don't come in for care. If a mother in the United States or in Europe or in the UK comes to care and gets her medicines, she will have an HIV negative baby. Most people don't know that.

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