When I first moved to New York I wanted to be a dancer, I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I feel like I've survived so much, and been through so much. And sometimes I miss the innocence of those times. Life… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Nowadays New-York is not the exciting place it used to be. It still has great energy; I still put my finger in… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star, I didn’t know anybody, I wanted… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
In some respects I will never die. Because art is immortal. What we leave behind and what we create - the energy that we… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
The beast is the modern world that we live in! The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion that we think is… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blond has… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
Some girls they like candy and others they like to grind. I'll settle for the back of your hand somewhere on my behind. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
You took a poison arrow and you aimed it at my heart. It's heavy and it's bitter, and it's tearing me apart. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share
Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough. They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share