(Photo: Harper's Bazaar)
Did you know that Madonna is also a writer? The material girl wrote an essay for the November issue of Harper's Bazaar about her rebellious beginnings and early struggles.
She writes:
“If I can’t be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don’t really see the point of being on this planet."
She adds, “Being a rebel and not conforming doesn’t make you very popular. In fact, it does the opposite. You are viewed as a suspicious character. A troublemaker. Someone dangerous.”
In high school she admits that she was quite rebellious and always did opposite of what the other girls were doing.
“That didn’t go very well. Most people thought I was strange. I didn’t have many friends; I might not have had any friends, but it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren’t popular and you don’t have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future. And for me, that was going to New York to become a REAL artist.”
As for moving to the city?
"...did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back, and had my apartment broken into three times.”
“I was defiant. Hell-bent on surviving. On making it. But it was hard and it was lonely, and I had to dare myself every day to keep going,” remembers the singer. She explains that she is “not a big fan of rules,” even though she’s a “big believer in ritualistic behavior.”
“Rules people follow without question. Order is what happens when words and actions bring people together, not tear them apart,” explains Madonna. “Yes, I like to provoke; it’s in my DNA. But nine times out of 10, there’s a reason for it.”
You can read the whole essay after the jump.
[Harper's Bazaar]
