I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world.
Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne.
I'm Tough, I'm Ambitious, and I Know exactly what I Want. If that makes me a B.I.T.C.H., okay.
Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.
There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.
At least my cage is filled with light.
I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.
I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.
Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.
We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.
Power without guilt, love without doubt....
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
Papa Don't Preach.
I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon… but I want to stay alive.
I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.
Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
Its better to live a goat than 100 sheep.
T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.
When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way.
I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.
I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.
I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone...
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.
But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.
I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay.
I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.
I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.
You have to laugh, especially at yourself.
Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.
I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.
