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.

Don't let me hear you say life takes you nowhere, angel.

I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

Someday, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter; Someday, I'm gonna get that faculty together.

Sexuality and where it is going is an extraordinary question, for I don't see it going anywhere. It is with me, and that's it.

If I hadn't had my children, I would have been discouraged a lot quicker. It would have been much more easy for me to say, "You know what, let the whole thing go. Have a good time, because these people, this place - it's just not worth it." You know? I can't do that anymore. I look into those eyes and they look at me so trustingly that I'm gonna make sure that [they're thinking], "Hey, you did a good thing bringing me into the world, daddy. I'm going to have a great life!"