It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me.

The thing that makes me most vulnerable is romantic relationship.

Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.

It's in my music, and its on my mind all the time. To spread love, healing peace and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up.

The songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's real.

What is socially irresponsible, once again, is just all my opinion. But there are things that I don't think are cool.

I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in my songwriting.