Madonna "can't imagine" a time when she doesn't want to make music.
Madonna
The 58-year-old pop icon has retained her relentless passion for making hit songs - but has revealed that her ex-husband, moviemaker Guy Ritchie, failed to understand why she was so obsessed with her art.
She shared: "It's inexplicable; it's like breathing, and I can't imagine not doing it.
"That is one of the arguments I would get into with my ex-husband, who used to say to me, 'But why do you have to do this again? Why do you have to make another record? Why do you have to go on tour? Why do you have to make a movie?'
"And I'm like, 'Why do I have to explain myself?' I feel like that's a very sexist thing to say ... I'll stop doing everything that I do when I don't want to do it anymore.
"I'll stop when I run out of ideas. I'll stop when you f***ing kill me. How about that?"
Meanwhile, Madonna also hit out at some of her music rivals, accusing them of refusing to speak out about social injustices because they fear it will harm their earning potential.
The 'Like A Virgin' hitmaker told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "What I find really astonishing is how quiet everybody is in my industry.
"I mean, nobody in the entertainment business except for maybe a handful of people ever speak out about what's going on. Nobody takes a political stance or expresses an opinion.
"They want to maintain a neutral position so they can maintain their popularity.
"I mean, if you have an opinion and people disagree with you, you might not get a job. You might be blacklisted. You might have fewer followers on Instagram. There are any number of things that would be detrimental to your career.
"Everyone's really afraid. Because it doesn't affect their daily life yet, no one's doing anything about it."
Tagged in Madonna Guy Richie