"It was actually a fun process and I learned a lot from it. Like anything you experience all sorts on hiccups minor and major and this case, I would say financing."

"I do kickboxing, martial arts; I do Pilates on different days. Literally my best thing to do is martial arts, because I pretend I am hitting people and I just visualise who pissed me off."

"Of Course, also, we were surprised that those young people were there, but they had grouped themselves and they wanted to stay and of course our immediate reaction was 'these are too young' but their parents also said they wanted them to be involved. Now a number of them were orphans,who were being assisted by some of their relatives. Some, maybe one or two, had their parents, but the older people felt that these girls should be involved, because they know most of the facts from their health education program which is in their school curriculum. In their primary health education they meet with these things. So their involvement in this workshop would not only address some of their immediate problems, but also the future. They found it very useful."

"What the boys are saying, is that any boy seeing a beautiful girl would be excited, would be attracted to that girl, but the mini-skirt exposes so much of them that they find that they want to see more of the girls! That was their request. But then the community said of course, that there is freedom, freedom of what people can do: but that the young girls should know, they should not jump on any fashion that comes, they should know the risks they are taking in putting on things like that."

"The older men's request was for the women to be faithful. This is an urban situation, and one of the problems we found out about early on in Entebbe, was that the man would come back and go to the beer place and drink. The woman, of course, being neglected at home would walk out and go to another place to drink and the children would be left alone. One of the women’ dramas showed that: one of the boys became a drug addict, the girl got pregnant and the parents had to resolve all the problems by getting back together."

"One thing I learnt, I've never listened to people. It made me realise I'm a bad listener, it has tended to help me check on that. And as a facilitator it is important that my listening becomes very, very powerful. It helped me enormously to improve relationships between me and my son. We listen to each other a lot now."

"Those of the 14-16 year olds seem to have all been sexually abused, not that they have boyfriends, but they have been abused by men in society, in their community."

"The youth will love agriculture because it goes hand in hand with beauty."

"Unlike Americans, in Africa, it is not easy to become famous within a short time. So I better focus on my businesses. I have kids and music will require so much of my time because I have to be on tour all through."

"The experience of having my first child has shown me to wait on God. I do not know what I want, I don't know when I will get what I want. I just pray for grace and good health."

"It is easy to make people laugh if you do not make them sit and scratch about the things that you are talking about because social problems apply to everyone"

"Whatever profession it is you are in, you know that you want to get back home and deal with the society within your reach so if you want to touch so many people you have to look for a subject that touches everyone."

"From his stories told with a tough face, everyone in the family is crazy in their own way, We are all comedians by nature because we find fun in almost everything."

"It’s funny how people think that we just jump on stage and start yapping yet we spend time preparing for the best show"

"My husband is part of my jokes and I have put him on stage sometimes; so he is supportive of my journey"

"I still get nervous at times for not knowing what kind or size of the audience to expect or even how they will receive you because it’s always a different reception"

"Making a film with a 99% Black female cast is great, but if we are not allowed to explore what our hairstyles will look like or if we're not allowed to imbue the film and our characters in the story with details that are specific to our experience, then it doesn't mean anything."

"I think that’s something that you have to keep learning and recalibrating and experiencing through life."

"Ultimately it’s a case of sink or swim, ‘I’ve always had that “sink-or-swim” thing about my own career too,At difficult moments, it’s like: “Okay, you’re not gonna sink so let’s figure something out.” Take a moment, have a whinge... and then get on with it.’"

"You can’t get a complete history of anything in two hours – particularly the slave trade."

"Whatever choices you make in life, it’s OK – there’s more life, you know?"

"Those excluding people of colour are robbing themselves – they just don’t realise it."

"Progress doesn’t go in a straight line. Representation moves forward, then retreats. It’s a journey. I don’t know what the final destination looks like, or if there even is one. It’s just about pushing forward."

"I think there can be this perception that, people who have some kind of practice, whether it's meditation or spiritual practice or whatever, have got it all figured out, and there's a kind of righteousness about it."

"You can’t say Shakespeare has nothing to offer because he’s a white man."

"You know, always being positive, always wanting to try things, even if at first glance, it isn’t quite clear what the outcome is going to be."

"You don’t want to be a freedom fighter every time you enter a job."