The Music Scene In The '70s Was

I Knew That I Wanted To Be A Singer/songwriter When I Was Much Younger And, Um, I've Been Able To, You Know, To Realize That Dream And I'm Very Pleased With That...i Want To Branch Out. I Want To Write. I Write Poetry...music Is An Extraordinary Vehicle For Expressing Emotion-very Powerful Emotions.

There's So Much Stigma Around Hiv/aids. It's A Challenging Issue, And The People That Already Have Been Tested And Know Their Status Find It Very, Very Hard To Disclose Their Status, To Live With That Virus, And To Even Seek Out The Kind Of Information They Need. This Experience Of Going To South Africa A Decade Ago Really Woke Me Up To The Scale Of The Hiv/aids Pandemic In Sub-saharan Africa, How It Was Affecting Women And Their Children. I Haven't Been Able To Walk Away From It.

There Needs To Be A Shift In Consciousness; There Needs To Be An Absolute Wake-up Call Before Society Can Actually Make The Kind Of Incredibly Significant Changes That Need To Happen.

Most Women Are Dissatisfied With Their Appearance - It's The Stuff That Fuels The Beauty And Fashion Industries.

I Don't Think Feminism Is About The Exclusion Of Men But Their Inclusion... We Must Face And Address Those Issues, Especially To Include Younger Men And Boys.