My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.

My point of view and philosophy continues to change and grow. As the years go by you go through this evolution.

Crucifixes are sexy because there's a naked man on them.

There's no law that says that you cannot be a spiritual person and a sexual person. In fact, if you have the right consciousness, sex is like a prayer. It can be a divine experience. So why do they have to be disassociated with one another?

If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

I know there's a lot of competition in the world of magazines and newspapers and we have to make headlines and be sensational and sell, and saying bad things about me is going to sell more papers than writing good things about me.