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Kylie Minogue breaks her silence. The Aussie pop star spills the bean on such issues, as her battle with breast cancer, four-year romance with former boyfriend actor Olivier Martinez, and her dream of having children. Here it is an excerpt of her interview with British Glamour magazine for its November 2007 issue.

Claimed her cancer battle as "astonishing," Kylie did admit that she feared her singing career would be damaged when she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2005. "It is hard to express what I have learned from that, but a deep physiological and emotional shift has happened," so the songbird said in a statement adding that "What I believed before my ill-ness has only been enhanced since, and that's that beauty comes from within. But I don't see myself the way other people see me."

Denied rumors on her reconciliation with ex-boyfriend Martinez, Kylie said "I think he has a girlfriend, I'm not entirely sure, but it's not true." On her not yet ready to be friends with the Spanish-French film actor, she explained "I don't like confrontation. You can be civil and friendly but to have a proper friendship, you need to allow a certain amount of time to pass."

Insisted she is still optimistic for a marriage, Kylie went on telling Glamour "I want to keep working on finding perfect harmony within my life and my work. And a family, yeah, that's still something I would love to happen."

The November 2007 issue of Glamour is on sale this week.