"As a mother my heart went out to all of them. I cannot imagine what it would feel like to know that your child was in prison, for now 100 days, with very little contact between you and them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

"To tell you the truth,I had sung . all the songs I knew, and I am going ' What am I going to do now,'" "And in my mind I'm going 'you know, this is the freedom that my generation is looking for,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

I think that with a lot of advocacy and, as you know now there is a good amount of popular faces, popular stars that also engage in HIV, whether it's through UNICEF, and recently UNAIDS has appointed its first regional Goodwill Ambassador and we are very happy that he's coming out loud, speaking about stigma and discrimination, speaking about the rights of our key populations, speaking about the time to act, speaking about the right policies, targeted action.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07