Madonna has said she’s “blessed” that her children all have artistic passions.
“Starting from the top with Lola, who was not only an incredible ballet dancer and and a rhythmic gymnast, switching to musical theater and contemporary dance,” she told fan blog Madonna-Infinity. “Now she is a unique singer and songwriter in her own right. When I go on tour, nothing brings me more happiness to know, we are all working on the same show creating the magic together.”
“Of course,” she added, “I am also their mother so sometimes we get on each other’s nerves. We are a family of artists but are also a family and that’s what happens.”
To Madonna it made “perfect sense” to include all the kids still living under her roof in her retrospective The Celebration Tour.
“David has played guitar since he was a child,” she explained. “Mercy has played piano since she was 8 and has been classically trained most of her life. Eventually, when I adopted the twins, they started to play piano and dance as well….And then we add to that deejaying as Estere showed a keen interest in learning.”
Stella was the shyest, Madonna noted, but she “comes alive on stage.” The child is also “an incredible fine artist,” she added, “and I’m hoping that she follows in the footsteps of Rocco, who after being a B-boy, skater, and graffiti artist has really come into his own as an incredible painter.”