'If I was to change my name, I'd used my confimation name, Veronica. I chose her because she wiped the face of Jesus, which I thought was really romantic.'

'It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.'

'I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun o…

'Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.'