Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Motherhood was the beginning of my own journey asking the question, 'Why am I here?' I had to stop and think: What… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Ever since my daughter was born I feel the fleetingness of time. And I don't want to waste it on getting the… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room. So if you leave your clothes on the floor, so if… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
My daughter is a fan of mine but she doesn't want to be too obvious about it because I'm her mum and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Who is my role model and how long can I keep this going? I just move around and do different things and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People don't know what Kabbalah is, and so they jump to conclusions. For me, studying Kabbalah is studying - is just -… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Thinking isn't something you think about. It comes naturally. Thinking involves many things. It involves being an observer. It involves analyzing things,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Obviously, my tastes and my priorities have changed. But I'm still asking the question 'Why?' Just because I'm a mother doesn't mean… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When you are raised to believe that anything having to do with sex is forbidden and taboo, then of course that's all… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Everyone has a self-destructive nature in them. It's whether you feed it or not. You don't have to be a pop star… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please join me... — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room. So if you leave your clothes on the floor, we put… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
If you have children, you know you're responsible for somebody. You realize you are being imitated; your belief systems and priorities have… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I do think that the birth of my daughter was sort of a rebirth for me. It made me look at life… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm constantly exploring spirituality, sexuality, different aspects of love, whether it's romantic love or the love you have for your children. And… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I tend to write during the day so I can see my children at night. But if my kids aren't with me… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
If those civil rights groups are going into those orphanages and offering to look after those children, then they have every right… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the families of innocent children who were killed today in Pakistan!! I do not accept a world… — 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 Image
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 Image
The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
![“All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now people know about the orphans there. And hopefully it's gonna turn around. And a positive is gonna come out of the negative.” quote by Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/170/madonna-ciccone-401_adoption_all-the-criticism-is-ultimately-a-blessi_1379036.jpg)
![“I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were backstage, and I thought, This isn't how I usually do it. I've got kids, and I'm thinking, This is weird. It's weird juggling children on your knee while you're in your rhinestone…” quote by Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f71/madonna-ciccone-401_causes_i-hadn-t-been-onstage-in-a-while-the-las_2738387.jpg)
