Pop Queen, Madonna has commented that she doesn’t think she would have stood a chance if she had auditioned for American Idol when she was just starting out.

She told New York radio station Z100: “I did it the hard way. I had to teach myself how to play the drums, I had to get into a band. [I played] in crappy little clubs for years before anybody would even pay any attention to me. [ I had to] take my tape around to record companies and have them shut the door in my face. It took a long time. I came up the hard way.”

When asked about American Idol she said:

“I went to a lot of auditions for musical theatre and conventional mainstream things and I always got cut immediately, so I’m pretty sure the same thing would happen to me.”

At least she’s honest.