People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
Sometimes I was in a mood to write a song as if I was writing in my journal and reveal certain parts of me that I was ready to reveal.
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.
In some respects I will never die. Because art is immortal. What we leave behind and what we create – the energy that we put out into the world is eternal.
We’re very privileged as Americans – it’s easy to forget about the rest of the world and to think that your problems are the most important problems. Even poor people in America live better than poor people most everywhere else.
To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
Who needs a smile when a tear’s so full of love?
I am very proud to be Italian.
When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
I don’t doubt love for a second. I’m living for love. Listen to my songs!
I like coming up with these spectacular extravaganzas that will, hopefully, totally blow people away. But I also like the intimacy of stopping it all and sitting at the edge of the stage and connecting with individual people in the audience.
I ran to the forest, I ran to the trees. I ran and I ran, I was looking for me.
In America it is not considered to be mentally ill when a woman advances on her prey in a discotheque setting with hardy cocktails present.
Yoga is a metaphor for life. You have to take it really slowly. You can’t rush. You can’t skip to the next position. You find yourself in very humiliating situations, but you can’t judge yourself. You just have to breathe, and let go. It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul.
One is that we are all responsible for our actions, our behavior, and our words, and we must take responsibility for everything we say and do. I am the architect of my destiny. You can’t blame other people for things that happened to you.
Rebel Heart changed everything. First of all, it drove me insane – and made me feel an overwhelming sense of anxiety. It made me second guess everything, because suddenly I thought, ‘Oh god, everyone’s heard all these demos.’
I think art should be controversial. I think it should make people think.
People have this idea that if you’re sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there’s nothing else you could possibly offer.
I might be responsible for as many gay marriages as I am for heterosexual divorces.
My son youngest son David’s favorite song – he plays guitar – and he likes “Devil Pray.” That’s his favorite.