"People think being a star is about being fabulous, having your picture taken all the time, going to parties in limousines, having everyone worship and adore you, being rich, rich, rich, having it all. And you know what? They're absolutely right."

"I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God."

"I always thought I should be treated like a star."

"I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move."

"Everyone loves you when they're about to cum."

"Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done."

"How could I have been anything else but what I am, having been named Madonna. I would either have ended up a nun or this."

"When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray."

"I would like to see the Pope wearing my T-shirt."

"I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay!"

"Every straight guy should have a man's tongue in his mouth at least once."

"They thought they would wake up one day and I would go away. But I'm not going to go away."

"You have to be patient. I'm not!"

"I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could stand me?"

"Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion."

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

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams."

"Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book."

"Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep."

"Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all."

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment."

"It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity."

"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt."

"We are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out. I know these things for sure."

"I look at him (Rocco) and he doesn't look anything like me and I think, am I the mother?"

"I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being. Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe."

"What's the difference between a pop star and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist."

"I would rather walk through a fire than away from one."

"I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist."

"Straight men need to be emasculated. I'm sorry. They all need to be slapped around."

"My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either."

"My having a child is not for public consumption. It's not a career move. It's not a performance to be judged or rated. Nor is my role as a mother.."

"Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is."

"The last thing I want is to raise a brat. We could definately go down the wrong road. I don't want Lola to have everything she wants. I want her to appreciate things, and not to be presumptuous. I want her to have manners and social graces."

"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."

"Poor is the man, whose pleasures depend on the permission of another."

"Express yourself, don't repress yourself."

"I'm a gay man trapped in a woman's body."

"I don't trust any man who hasn't kissed another man."