"I feel like everybody needs to take a sabbatical and go to Russia and Africa and work in orphanages and really witness true suffering. And then you'll just feel ridiculous for ever complaining about anything. Everybody needs that kind of reality check."
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"George [Michael], I want your sex, so be my father figure and I will have faith if we have to live hand-to-mouth. The diva himself."
"Being poor in Africa is something people in America can't relate to. Part of the challenge is bringing that reality to people and moving them. You have to arouse compassion."
"I think love resides in all of the songs, even when they are overtly sexual."
"I like the idea of going to one of those retreats where you don't speak - like, silence for five days."
"Donald Trump is the president. It's not a bad dream. It really happened. It's like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare."
"[George Michael] is a great songwriter and he makes very classy videos, like me."
"I loved Prince then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now."
"Every actor wants to get their two cents in about a scene at the end of the day."
"I believe women should own their sexuality and sexual expression."
"The ultimate moment where I most felt like a rebel was in St. Petersburg, Russia [in 2012 during the MDNA Tour] when I was told they were going to arrest anyone who was openly or obviously gay and they came to my shows and I spoke out against the government."
"My idea of the perfect man would be someone intelligent and clever enough, but also kind and compassionate enough to stand up to me - to stand up to me with compassion."
"I think everybody has a bisexual nature. That's my theory. I could be wrong."