I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?

I can ask for cigarettes in every language

I think the first experience scared the hell out of me. Within months of my initial marriage [on Angela Bowie], I realized I had done a really naive and rather stupid thing. . . . I don't think either of us had any real resolve about being together. The result was it made me wary of relationships.

Elvis is English, and climbs the hills. Can't tell the bullshit from the lies.

There's a terror in knowing what the world is about

I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last.

It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.