I love to make music and stay grounded.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.

As a creative person, you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

Feminism is a word that I identify with. The term has become synonymous with vitriolic man-hating but it needs to come back to a place where both men and women can embrace it. It is particularly important for women in developing countries.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life.