She is an absolute legend in the music industry — and she’s revealing which fellow artist in the biz has been inspiring her.
Madonna has been ruling the music scene for decades. At 63, she is still on top of her game. She looks fabulous, her career is flourishing, and she’s considered among the biggest names in the industry.
She’s an absolute inspiration in her own right. But do you know who among the current crop of artists has inspired her? In a recent interview with V Magazine, Madonna opened up about a particular artist who has given her inspiration: Kanye West.
She says of the artist who now refers to himself simply as Ye:
“I mean, the only thing that I’ve heard recently that has inspired me is Kanye’s record Donda. There are very few artists that are working toward failure. And I feel like he is. I can’t say that I agree with all of his politics and the way that he thinks of women, or unmarried people having sex, or the gay community.
But his work is on the razor’s edge, and it’s inspiring and it’s rare. Everybody was waiting so long for his record to come out and then finally when it came out, everybody else’s record came out, too.
And he still stood out.”
Madonna also touched on ‘cancel culture’ and what she thinks about it, stating:
“The thing is, the quieter you get, the more fearful you get, the more dangerous anything it. We’re giving it power by shutting the f—k up completely.”
And she addressed staying on top of her game at 63 head-on, declaring:
“I don’t even think about my age, to tell you the truth. I just keep going. Even when I performed almost my entire hour in agony, I had no cartilage left in my right hip, and everyone kept saying, ‘You gotta stop, you gotta stop.’
I said, ‘I will not stop. I will go until the wheels fall off.’”
What a force to be reckoned with!
