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title: "4 Decided Quotes By Madonna Ciccone"
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> [I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-had-decided-that-if-i-was-going-to-be-a-singer-i-had-to-earn-it-i/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/madonna-ciccone-401_decided_i-had-decided-that-if-i-was-going-to-be_20202.png)

> [Today I decided to sing in my underwear! No one seemed to mind! #loveyoufromtheinsideout. #artforfreedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/today-i-decided-to-sing-in-my-underwear-no-one-seemed-to-mind/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/madonna-ciccone-401_decided_today-i-decided-to-sing-in-my-underwear_969300.png)

> [And then, going to high school, I saw how popular girls had to behave to get the boys. I knew I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/and-then-going-to-high-school-i-saw-how-popular-girls-had-to-behave/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [I've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-ve-been-inspired-by-films-since-i-started-dancing-and-i-m-married/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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## Other authors on Decided

## More by Madonna Ciccone

> [I would like to see the Pope wearing my T-shirt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-would-like-to-see-the-pope-wearing-my-t-shirt/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [In some respects I will never die. Because art is immortal. What we leave behind and what we create - the energy that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/in-some-respects-i-will-never-die-because-art-is-immortal-what-we/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-had-decided-that-if-i-was-going-to-be-a-singer-i-had-to-earn-it-i/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/the-thing-i-love-most-about-being-famous-is-people-listening-to-me/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/people-have-no-morals-i-swear-to-god-the-things-that-people-do-for/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [There's no greater power than the power of good-bye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/there-s-no-greater-power-than-the-power-of-good-bye/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/stevie-wonder-and-diana-ross-and-the-jackson-5-that-s-what-i-grew-up/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [I'm very grateful that I had work to do. I may have thrown myself off a building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-m-very-grateful-that-i-had-work-to-do-i-may-have-thrown-myself-off/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [The beast is the modern world that we live in! The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion that we think is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/the-beast-is-the-modern-world-that-we-live-in-the-material-world-the/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/with-all-the-chaos-pain-and-suffering-in-the-world-the-fact-that-my/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/being-blond-is-definitely-a-different-state-of-mind-i-can-t-really/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/because-i-was-a-dancer-i-started-going-to-auditions-for-musical/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [Some girls they like candy and others they like to grind. I'll settle for the back of your hand somewhere on my behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/some-girls-they-like-candy-and-others-they-like-to-grind-i-ll-settle/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/you-took-a-poison-arrow-and-you-aimed-it-at-my-heart-it-s-heavy-and/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/gay-men-are-perfect-men-for-girls-who-are-tough-they-re-not/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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