'The thing that was imposed on me from the outside was crude and vulgar and distressful to me, and disturbing - that big tits, blonde hair, Diana Dors, blowsy kind of thing. (But) I think Madonna got it right. Madonna claimed it for herself, and I've always admired her for that. I loved that 'Sex' book she did. I thought it was fantastic, because it was a big two fingers up, 'This is my sexuality, it's not what you put on me, it's mine.' [59] Helen Mirren

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'She's an aggressive person to acheive anything like she's acheive. Her lyrics are not, 'Hit me again. i love it.' They're more, 'Come here baby, this is it.' …

'She's always been committed to helping. In a big picture way, she's the most generous person in the world and she's always thinking about how she can help. Ma…