Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I've had so many challenges throughout my career, however successful people perceive me to be. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me, I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Some people are medicating themselves all the time so that they don't have to embrace themselves. If you can't feel, you can't… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I loved nuns when I was growing up. I thought they were beautiful. For several years I wanted to be a nun.… — 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
Start saving your pennies now. People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When you make a movie, it's just a huge bureaucracy because movies cost so much money. Millions of people get involved, and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When my world seems to crumble all around, and foolish people try to bring me down, I just think of your smile… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I wanted to know why people follow rules blindly, or why girls had to act a certain way and boys didn't. Why… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Whenever I do my live shows, I feel artistically inspired and excited because I get to do and say a lot of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Trying to be a professional dancer, paying my rent by posing nude for art classes, staring at people staring at me naked.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven't got money, or standing… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I've gone from having a huge fan base to losing a huge fan base to having a kind of fluctuating fan base.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I just find the people I want to work with and put it all together, and it's a lot of hard work,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The physical body is assembled just like a chair or a building or a flower, but the revolutions we start, the people… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The one thing I don't understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I see a huge paradox in me - the intense need to be loved and the search for approval juxtaposed with the… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
'Jesus' message was to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that people got that message. — 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
We live in a world where people like to pit women against each other. And this is why I love the idea… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I don't think evil is sexy! I don't think being cruel and mean and hurting other people is sexy! ... Although I… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Some people out there think everything I do is a publicity stunt, they think when I go to the bathroom it's a… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
If you have an opinion and people disagree with you, you might not get a job. You might be blacklisted. You might… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we're going to change people when we get together. But we're not.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
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 like that you have four minutes to zero in on something and evoke a specific feeling and take people on some… — 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
My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before - it gives me a lot of joy,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People have this idea that if you're sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there's nothing else you could possibly offer. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I've created a very unconventional family. I have lovers who are three decades younger than me. This makes people very uncomfortable. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Younger people are generally more adventurous - they're more open, more fun - have you met many guys my age? Guys my… — 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
