I'm a very old-fashioned girl. Marriage is a great thing when it's right. And I did celebrate it and embrace it, and I wanted the whole world to know that this is the man I loved more than anything. But there's a price to pay for that, which is something I now realize. Ever since I was in high school, when I was madly in love with someone, I was so proud of this person, I wanted the world to know that I loved him. But once you reveal it to the world – and you're in the public eye – you give it up, and it's not your own anymore. I began to realize how important it is to hold on to privacy and keeping things to yourself as much as possible. It's like a runaway train afterward.
Интервью Rolling Stone после развода с Шоном Пенном, 1989 год
Из интервью, 1980-е
Источник: Madonna: The Rolling Stone Interview, Rolling Stone, 1989-03-23, 2017-11-10, en http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-interview-madonna-19890323,