When I discovered that I could write music, it felt like the most natural way for me to connect with people and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I was never appalled by myself. I felt a little bit uneasy about certain things. But honestly I've learned to love myself… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I first came up, the whole AIDS epidemic was starting, and the gay community that I experienced from the beginning of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in electronica, techno, trip-hop, that kind of music. The thing that bothered me about a lot of that… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The ultimate moment where I most felt like a rebel was in St. Petersburg, Russia [in 2012 during the MDNA Tour] when… — 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