The critics have been writing me off for 20 years. That's nothing new. As far as I know I still have plenty… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and… — 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
You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and… — 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
