Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.

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.

I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.

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

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

Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.

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