Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough. They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their feelings and pay attention to details. I've always had an affinity with gay men.

Just because I'm presented life in a certain way doesn't mean I do all these things. It's just something I choose to express.

If you want to change the world, change yourself.

Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see.

I used mythology to tell the story [in Living with Love], with the story of the minotaur and the matador and fighting and fighting for love and the color red and flowers and horns and death and naked men. You know, the important things in life.

If you have to ask for something more than once or twice, it wasn't yours in the first place. And that's hard to accept when you love someone.

Romance should be spontaneous, but in my career I'm totally in control.