'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 or this.'

'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.'

'I loved nuns when I was growing up. I thought they were beautiful. For several years I wanted to be a nun. I saw them as really pure, disciplined, above avera…

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