Madonna wants to be like Mahatma Gandhi

The pop diva may have looked up to Monroe for her style, but when it comes to her values Bapu is her role model.

Pop diva Madonna may have looked up to Marilyn Monroe and Eva Perón for defining her style, yet it seems that when it comes to her values Mahatma Gandhi is her role model.

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"I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon – but I want to stay alive," the singer was quoted by People magazine, as saying.

In fact, Madonna who angered church leaders with a controversial crucifixion scene on her most recent tour, has some even bigger spiritual shoes to fill. "For me we all need to be Jesus in our time," she says.

Defending the scene, which featured video images of AIDS orphans in Africa, she says: "Jesus's message was to love your neighbor as yourself, and these are people in need. I hope that people got that message.

"Of course some people thought 'Oh, she's just being controversial, she's just getting on a cross and trying to piss people off,' but that wasn?t my intention at all."

In the interview on Sirius's new OutQ/channel, she also talks about her connection to her gay fans: "Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough.

They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their feelings and pay attention to details. I've always had an affinity with gay men."