Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80's just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think they were scared of me because I was different. I've always asked, 'Why? Why do I have to do that?… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego. How will I know when I've succeeded? When I stop caring… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were… — 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
You don't want to be the smartest person in the room; you want to be the dumbest in the room. You want… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Life and love inspire me. I think reinventing yourself is vital to your survival as an artist and a human being. I… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think that its an artist's responsibility to have a point of view. Society takes its cue from popular art. People need… — 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've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of… — 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
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
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
My father had to go to work, I used to think he was a jerk. I didn't know his heart was broken,… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I think about popular culture, I can't help but think that we're living in the age of loneliness. There's this illusion… — 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
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
I do think that the birth of my daughter was sort of a rebirth for me. It made me look at life… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots cause it's okay to be a boy. But for… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think lines are meant to be crossed anyways. The entire time I was singing on the cross, there's numbers flipping over… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Hollywood is about playing the game, and I can't think of any successful actresses who didn't play the game. There's a lot… — 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… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think there are just as many assholes meeting the old-fashioned way as there are meeting in the new hookup culture. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
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
I was thinking about dying the other day the death thought came while I was sitting on the toilet peeing - that's… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
We're very privileged as Americans - it's easy to forget about the rest of the world and to think that your problems… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think the silence would be good with me, and not interacting with people would be okay. But not being able to… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I pay attention to what's going on around me. I'm always looking for new energy, new talent, new voices. When you do… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I think that life is a paradox and you have to embrace that in your work and your belief systems... You can't… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous… — 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
![“I hadn't been onstage in a while. The last time was pre-children. And before I went on [at Roseland], my kids were backstage, and I thought, This isn't how I usually do it. I've got kids, and I'm thinking, This is weird. It's weird juggling children on your knee while you're in your rhinestone…” quote by Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f71/madonna-ciccone-401_causes_i-hadn-t-been-onstage-in-a-while-the-las_2738387.jpg)
