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"In the end, by having a point of view, by taking a stand for things you believe in, you're ultimately always going to offend people. That's good. It's certainly more important to take a stand on some thing and offend people, than to be careful all of your life and have everyone approve of what you do. Or, as my psychiatrist likes to say, better to live one year as a tiger than 100 as a sheep."
"Losing my virginity was a career move."
"Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent."
"It would be so helpful for the straight community to see men in powerful positions coming out and saying "I'm gay" so they don't have these preconceived notions that all gay men are smarmy idiots living on the street or whatever it is people think of gay men. I think it would be really helpful and productive."
"I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do."
"I'll stop doing everything that I do when I don't want to do it anymore."
"I'm disciplined. And I'm persevering. And I don't give up very easily... and I'm reliable."
"I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80's just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick."
"A lot of people are just really confused by me; they don’t know what to think of me, so they try to compartmentalize me or diminish me. Maybe they just feel unsafe. But any time you have an overtly emotional or irrational, negative reaction to something, you’re fearing something that it’s bringing up in you."
"The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it."
"You don't have to have a language in common with someone for a sexual rapport. But it helps if the language you don't understand is Italian."
"I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does."
"Fame gets you in the door but it doesn't keep you in the room."
"I am very proud to be Italian."
"I love being photographed, or I should say I love the art of photography. It's about people taking photographs of you, stealing them, and then presuming or assuming or captioning. Words can never be taken back, photographs can never be taken back, nothing can ever be taken back."
"I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world."
"Everyone has a self-destructive nature in them. It's whether you feed it or not. You don't have to be a pop star to feel connected to destruction or self-destruction. But self-destruction is self-obsession, and self-obsession is not really possible if you're engaged in raising children. And if you have a spiritual life, you're constantly being asked to see yourself as one small fragment in the bigger picture."
"I'm attracted to men who are going to stand up to me."
"Start saving your pennies now. People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it."
"I believe in equal rights for all people."