I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
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I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.
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Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.
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I try to stay real with my thoughts and the things that I go through in life. I like being free.
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I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money.
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Watching Madonna puffing on a cigar on David Letterman's show, I thought, 'Gosh, she's feeling so India! All she needs is long, black hair and a trip to the Caribbean to burn her skin up.'
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In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.
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I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.