United Kingdom, June 22 -- Madonna felt inspired by David Bowie during her younger years.

The 67-year-old star is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, and Madonna admits that her carefree attitude has been inspired by Bowie, who died in January 2016, aged 69.

Madonna told Interview magazine: "I definitely become moods with music.

"I would say the Confessions on a Dance Floor girl is the girl in high school, me, that never got invited to any dances because I scared everybody, boys.

"I'd go to dances by myself, go crazy, and do whatever I wanted. Play whatever character I wanted, whether it was a character in a musical or - at the time, in high school, I was obsessed with David Bowie. I thought, what would David Bowie do? I'd ...