“Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head.”

“If one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”

“The only thing that could soothe and calm me during this era was music. That's continued to be true throughout my life. My mother would put my sister and me to bed and turn on the radio to sing us to sleep. There was something very comforting about being in a dark, cold room with Prince, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, or Madonna playing quietly. I didn't have to think about anything - the music took me away from myself and I got lost in it. I needed it like a drug. I felt disconnected and alone, and I realized around this time that things would never get better. It got so bad that I would pretend to be sick at school just so I could come home and lie in bed listening to music. It was like being adrift on the ocean at night. I still have trouble falling asleep without music now.”

“If Patti Lupone was born to play Evita then Madonna was born to play Patti Lupone playing Evita.”

“When your head tells you one thing and your heart another, listen to your heart. It tells no lies.”

“The ultimate weapon is Lady Gaga’s music. Why kill the enemy when you can play her music and they’ll want to kill themselves?”