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.

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

If it works, it's out of date.

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV.

I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human.

It's not the side effects of the cocaine. . . . I'm thinking that it must be love.

The minute you know you're on safe ground, you're dead.