I strive for what you do find in Shakespeare's work - that there is a definite humanity and a definite character behind the writing in the sonnets, and it's very real because it's so deeply personal. I try to aspire to that in what I do.

But I don't even think you hear me at all Under your medieval ceiling behind your biblical wall

Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

If I had had more of a strategic attitude towards how to reveal my sexuality, and if I'd even played with it a little more, I could have sold a lot more albums and been a lot more famous.

Madonna created a monster that sucks up souls.

Let the little fairy in you fly!