Hard Quote by Robert Hilburn

Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she…

— Barry Humphries

Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see.

— Madonna Ciccone

Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing.

— Rob Sheffield

Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive.

— Anonymous

Madonna is her own Hollywood studio - a popelike mogul and divine superstar in one. She has a laserlike instinct for publicity, aided by…

— Camille Paglia

I'm about to make people forget about Madonna.

— Pink

We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously.

— Geri Halliwell

Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been…

— Melissa Leo

We live in an era of reinvention: Madonna and everybody desperately trying to change their persona.

— James Lapine

It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that,…

— David Bowie

I, like many people, had some sort of preconception about Madonna. One of the preconceptions was that she had the extraordinary work ethic, which…

— James D'arcy

I'm not Madonna-famous and wouldn't want to be.

— Benji Hughes