I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics.

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.

Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people.

We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.

I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.