I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this. — 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
