Madonna Ciccone: I am the result of the good choices I've made and the...

I'm sentimental about Jesus on the cross. Jesus was a Jew, and also I believe he was a catalyst, and I think he offended people because his message was to love your neighbour as yourself; in other words, no one is better than somebody else. He embraced all people, whether it was a beggar on the street or a prostitute, and he admonished a group of Jews who were not observing the precepts of the Torah. So he rattled a lot of people's cages.

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

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

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He [Prince] changed the world!!A true visionary.What a loss.I'm devastated.

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I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable.

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uncomfortable feels people

Cosmic systems intertwine, astral bodies drip like wine, all of nature ebbs and flows. Comets shoot across the sky, can't explain the reasons why, this is how creation goes.

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ebb-and-flow wine philosophy

I like to touch people's hearts.

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heart people

If you have an opinion and people disagree with you, you might not get a job. You might be blacklisted. You might have fewer followers on Instagram.

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I refuse to live a conventional life.

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There are any number of things that would be detrimental to your career. Everyone's really afraid.

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I'm constantly exploring spirituality, sexuality, different aspects of love, whether it's romantic love or the love you have for your children. And love can be as devastating and destructive as it can be rejuvenating and life-giving. I guess I try to capture all of that.

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In my coming-of-age time, there was no internet, no social networking, nothing. It was just show after show, hoping one day somebody would notice you.

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I just like the idea of pills. I like to collect them but not actually take them. When I fell off my horse, I got tons of stuff: Demerol and Vicodin and Xanax and Valium and Oxycontin, which is supposed to be like heroin. And I'm quite scared to take them. I'm a control freak.

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I ran to the forest, I ran to the trees. I ran and I ran, I was looking for me.

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forests tree philosophy

I've always been interested in electronica, techno, trip-hop, that kind of music. The thing that bothered me about a lot of that music, though, was it seemed devoid of emotion. There wasn't a lot that felt personal.

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hops emotion kind

Catholicism is a really mean religion, and it's incredibly hypocritical. But it plays a role in my life 'cause you can't really get a lot of things out of your head, such as what Jesus Christ looks like and that divorce is a horrible thing.

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divorce mean jesus

I have to get way more vocal and become a little bit less mysterious.

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I like to be provocative.

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provocative

My home base - pop music and the Catholic Church.

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catholic church home

I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave the impression that Marilyn Monroe did, to be able to arouse so many different feelings in people.

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memorable feelings people

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.