Madonna Ciccone Quotes

As much as I think I've inspired people in the world, I'd like to be more involved bringing about world peace.

People who have nothing better to do than talk about my hair color have no lives.

I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

I want people to be moved, to feel called to action. That's what I want to do.

Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons.

If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.

My work gives me a sense of purpose that I never really had before - it gives me a lot of joy, and it would be wonderful to invite other people to get involved.

We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?

Nos are just as valuable as yeses in the game of life. In fact, they're essential.

My daughter is a fan of mine but she doesn't want to be too obvious about it because I'm her mum and it's not cool.

I try to have thick skin, but every once in a while I read something that someone says about me, and it's so slanderous and moralistic and it has nothing to do with my music.

I'm sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.

Marriage? I don't know what I really think about marriage. I'm a bit confused on that issue.

I worship F. Scott Fitzgerald and I love his writing.

I don't give a damn if I go to hell. I love you Satan. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

I worked for everything that I got and I worked long and hard before I got to this point so when I got it I thought I deserve it.

One of the many things I learned from all of this: If you aren't willing to fight for what you believe in, then don't even enter the ring.

When I first moved to New York I wanted to be a dancer, I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence.

Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do

Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. God's going to have his revenge.

Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.

The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.

If you're going to be an artist, real life is your inspiration.

Younger people are generally more adventurous - they're more open, more fun - have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding.

People want to hear the dirt. But this is not really anything I want to talk about.

I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.

To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.

Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.

Me and Mr. Brainwash in Toronto signing his mural at Hard Candy Fitness Opening! #artforfreedom

In my coming-of-age time, there was no internet, no social networking, nothing. It was just show after show, hoping one day somebody would notice you.

I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.

I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.

You're getting angry, you know I can see. You're just jealous, cause you can't be me.

Being able to step outside of yourself in order to help someone else is why we're all here, it's what we should all be doing if we can.

Having money is just the best thing in the world.

I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.

The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.

If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.

Romance should be spontaneous, but in my career I'm totally in control.

To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.

I can't stand when I walk into a room and everyone's not talking to each other and just on their phones.

The thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do.

There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.

When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.

Hanging a noose on my door reeks of cowardice and fear on many, many levels.

Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.

You can be sexy, but you can't be 50

I do think of myself as a queen, but I don't think I'm the only queen. There's room for other queens. We reign over different kingdoms.

I don't think I have to introduce myself, unless you don't recognize me with my clothes on.

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 embrace.