There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong.

If one woman is suffering, then we are all suffering, and we need to put a voice to that.

I live in a world of possibility and opportunity. You look for the light. There's darkness everywhere but you look for that spot of light and you work your way towards it, and you do what it takes to get there.

Just having medicine isn't equivalent to medical care. You need the health systems, you need to create the social framework so that people feel safe.

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

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.