You would have thought this came from theonion, but no it's the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6369659.stmPop star Madonna has said she "wants to be like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and John Lennon".
The 48-year-old made the statement on US radio station Sirius - but added she wanted to "stay alive".
What a non-presumptious and classy thing to say...