Madonna's Interview in Harper's Bazaar February 2017
Madonna Is Not Looking Forward to the "Horror Show" That Is a Donald Trump Presidency
On the presidential election results: "On election night I was sitting at a table with my agent, who is also one of my very best friends, and we were truly praying . . . It was just like watching a horror show . . . I went to sleep, and since that night, I wake up every morning and it's like when you break up with somebody who has really broken your heart. You wake up and for a second you're just you, and then you go, 'Oh, the person I love more than anything has just broken my heart, and I'm devastated and I'm broken and I have nothing. I'm lost.' That's how I feel every morning. I wake up and I go, 'Wait a second. Donald Trump is the president. It's not a bad dream. It really happened.' It's like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare."
On her core beliefs as an artist and woman: "I believe in freedom of expression, I don't believe in censorship. I believe in equal rights for all people. And I believe women should own their sexuality and sexual expression. I don't believe there's a certain age where you can't say and feel and be who you want to be."
