'She was mesmerising. She oozed sex and demanded a sexual response from everyone. It didn't matter if you were gay. You were swept up all the same. In those early years there was no male who would not want to bed her.'

'In no way was she conventionally beautiful. She was a bit like a Picasso. When she fixed you with her regard, there was a tenderness and warmth that made your…

'...I lost myself in Madonna's attention and by the end I had fallen in love.' [54]

'Madonna is the speedboat, and the rest of us are just the Go-Go's on water skis.' [55] Liz Phair