Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

I like the big bombastic singers, but I'm also very drawn to what I call character singers. They're people who obviously aren't very huge singers, but they've got this ability to tell a story and touch you emotionally without really using any kind of histrionics or special effects.

I'm being honest, I say what I think.

My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.

Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.

Remember that I was out of the closet at the age of sixteen. My parents knew I was gay; I'd had to tell them.

Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.