Work saved me, says Madonna

Madonna has opened up about her divorce with Guy Ritchie last year.

In a new Rolling Stone cover story, the pop queen admitted that splitting with the British film director brought her to a low point.

"What can you say? It was a challenging year. I think work saved me, and I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building," she tells the magazine.

"Life is an adjustment. It's different. My sons aren't with me right now, they're with their father, and I'm not very comfortable with the idea of my children not living together. There are pros and cons, but I feel good now."

Madonna admitted she has been recently listening to Lady Gaga, with whom she recently paired up for a skit on Saturday Night Live, and she feels a kinship with the young performer.

"I can see myself in Lady Gaga. In the early part of my career, for sure," she says.

"When I saw her, she didn't have a lot of money for her production, she's got holes in her fishnets, and there's mistakes everywhere. It was kind of a mess, but I can see that she's got that 'it' factor. It's nice to see that at a raw stage."