I definitely want to be with somebody who doesn't feel lost or in my shadow.

Madonnas got one big choice. Take a couple of years off and become a human being.

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.

If you come home to a household of chaos and anger and fear, you're not going to feel protected from the world.

You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.

My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.

I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of.