I like to be provocative. I like to make people think. I like to touch people's hearts. And if I can do… — 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
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
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
People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When the day is done the most important thing is loving people and sharing love. — 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
I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
In the end, by having a point of view, by taking a stand for things you believe in, you're ultimately always going… — 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
Once you start turning over rocks and reaching out to help people, there's a whole avalanche coming right behind it. And it… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better… — 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
Economic markets are collapsing. People all over the world are suffering and people afraid. What happens when peep are afraid? They become… — 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
It's not enough to raise awareness. You have to give people solutions, and you have to invite them to get involved in… — 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
Art can heal it if art is allowed to exist. And if art is slowly wiped off the face of the planet,… — 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
'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 want to appeal to people's sense of humanity and interconnectedness. I feel like I have the platform I'm standing on for… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People who have nothing better to do than talk about my hair color have no lives. — 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
