I'm An Only Child, You Know, Originally.

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.

If You Want To Open A Supermarket Chain And Put Your Face All Around The Globe, Selling Your Baby And Your Dog, If It Makes You Happy, Who Am I To Disagree, As The Song Goes. But It's Not For Me. I've Always Tried To Keep My Integrity And Keep My Autonomy.

There's Good Stuff And Bad Stuff, But You Continue On. I'm Not Prescriptive - I Cannot Tell Anyone Else What To Do With Their Lives, And I'm A Deeply Flawed Individual - But This Is It. We're All Just Living It And... Bless Us All.

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.

Anita Roddick Was Amazing. Her Presence In A Room Was Full Of Light, And Everything She Worked To Achieve Still Resonates Now.