Madonna Ciccone Quotations | Page 3

David Bowie really played with ideas, and iconography and imagery. He's brilliant man. And a gentleman, too.

'Jesus' message was to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that people got that message.

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.

Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.

I think it's just that as a creative person, in all the different things that I've done or ways that I've found to express myself, I've consistently come up against resistance in certain areas. I think that the world is not comfortable with female sexuality. It's always coming from a male point of view, and a woman is being objectified by a man - and even women are comfortable with that. But when a woman does it, ironically, women are uncomfortable with it. I think a lot of that has to do with conditioning.

I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.

I feel like I've survived so much, and been through so much. And sometimes I miss the innocence of those times. Life was different. New York was different. The music business was different. I miss the simplicity of it, the naivete of everyone around me.

On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.

I don't care anymore if people dress like me, now I want them to think like me.

Thanks for all the birthday love! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world today!

Don't go for second best. Put your love to the test.

A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men feel that way because of their particular predicament in society and not being accepted completely.

I think they were scared of me because I was different. I've always asked, 'Why? Why do I have to do that? Why do I have to look this way? Why do I have to dress this way? Why do I have to behave this way?'

The next time you want pussy, just look in the mirror baby

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

Today I decided to sing in my underwear! No one seemed to mind! #loveyoufromtheinsideout. #artforfreedom

Strong women leave big hickies

I do not support Hamas! I support human dignity and respect! I support sharing! I support Peace! #ceasefire

I feel that most gay men are so much more in touch with a certain kind of sensitivity that heterosexual men aren't allowed to be in touch with, their feminine side. To me they're whole human beings, more so than most of the straight men that I know.

No Separation! We all bleed the same color! #ceasefire #peaceinthemiddleeast #livingforlove

Santa cAme early this year! good things come to those who wait! ❤ #rebelheart

Never forget to dream.

I like to be a team player. All the projects I do are collaborations. And I want to solicit the opinions and help of other people. I'm not interested in being the one in charge.

The worst thing about being famous? I think it's what everybody says.. the lack of privacy and the idea that you're not really allowed to make mistakes and everything that you do is viewed under a microscope.

I chose to start my world tour in Israel for a very specific and important reason. As you know, the Middle East and all the conflicts that occur here and that have been occurring for thousands of years, they have to stop. You can't be a fan of mine and not want peace in the world.

My new Boyfriend! Mr. Marmoset Hard and Silent! #peopledontknowthings

People don't know what Kabbalah is, and so they jump to conclusions. For me, studying Kabbalah is studying - is just - is asking questions. And I encourage all of my children to be that way, and I think people don't understand that. And so they make assumptions and they judge.

Living For Love single and remixes available in UK soon! Sorry you have to wait! Its not my decision or my choice! Thanks for your patience! #‎ rebelheart #‎ livingforlove

The End of a long week with Viking Leader AKA DJ Virgo AKA Avicii! So many great songs! #icantwait #revolution

Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say 'no'

You have to reinvent to stay fresh, to stay in the game

If those civil rights groups are going into those orphanages and offering to look after those children, then they have every right to make a stink about it. But they're not. They're not offering a solution.

Brushing my Grilzz Before I Booty Pop. A Woman's work is never Done!

Unconsciously transmitting ideas to the other MC way back when............,,,..#quantum

I've always wanted to be taller. I feel like a shrimp, but that's the way it goes. I'm five-foot four-and-a-half-inches - that's actually average. Everything about me is average. Everything's normal, in the books. It's the things inside me that make me not average.

Nothing really matters; love is all we need.

Economic markets are collapsing. People all over the world are suffering and people afraid. What happens when peep are afraid? They become intolerant.

Until I learned to love myself, I was never ever lovin' nobody else.

I hope my child will be a good Catholic like me.

You can tell how much fun a city is going to be if Nobu is in it.

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

Over 270 girls were kidnapped for going to school in Nigeria! They are still missing! I'M outraged and you should be too!! I'm supporting www.globalfundforwomen.org Join me and take a stand!!!!!!! #Bringbackourgirls #revolutionoflove

Do everything you're told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, 'It's not so bad.' Say 'You are almost there!' And say it a lot.

The fact of the matter is that you can use your beauty and use your charm and be flirtatious, and you can get people interested in your beauty. But you cannot maintain that. In the end, talent is the only thing. My work is the only thing that's going to change any minds.

New Yorkers your voices must be heard. Tell your state Congressmen to support same sex marriage bill. All you need is love

Getting lit! Full Disclosure............#dancing #fun #life #livingforlove

Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove

I wanted to know why people follow rules blindly, or why girls had to act a certain way and boys didn't. Why could boys ask girls out and girls not ask guys out? Why did girls have to shave their legs and guys didn't? Why did society, like, set everything up the way they did? My whole adolescence was full of unanswered whys. Because they never got answered, I just kept lighting fires everywhere - metaphorically speaking.

Cease Fire ! Inshallah!!! Baruch Hashem!! Praise the Lord! #ceasefireforever #peaceinthemiddleeast #livingforlove

I shouldn't have stayed so long away. Every time I come here, I get so supercharged with energy. I truly believe that Israel is the energy centre of the world. And I also believe that if we can all live together in harmony in this place, then we can live in peace all over the world.

It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.

I don't even remember why I called myself an idiot. I can be very harshly critical of myself. It depends on my mood, and obviously it depends on where I am in my life. Yes, embracing myself - I'm working on that.

There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.

Say goodbye to yesterday...those are the words I'll never say.

No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don't wait for someone else

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 that we all have instant access to each other, but we actually have no real connection.

Only the one that hurts you can make you feel better. Only the one that inflicts pain can take it away

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

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world...

I don't have a religion because I don't like that word religion.

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

New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back, and had my apartment broken into three times. I don't know why; I had nothing of value after they took my radio the first time.

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.

In our house we don't use words like "despise" and 'hate,' we say "strongly dislike."

When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray.

You have to be patient. I'm not!

Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism but it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual. I mean, is there a rule? Are you supposed to just die?

Being loved keeps you young.

Beauty's where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.

Being poor in Africa is something people in America can't relate to. Part of the challenge is bringing that reality to people and moving them. You have to arouse compassion.

It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love.

I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.

It's not enough to raise awareness. You have to give people solutions, and you have to invite them to get involved in whatever way they can, whether that's doing volunteer work or taking a portion of their salary and figuring out where they want that money to go. You have to find ways to inspire people to get involved.

Sick and perverted always appeals to me.

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

I have great respect for Sean Penn. It's like most relationships that fail. It's not one thing, it's many thing that go on over a period of time.

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

Its better to live a goat than 100 sheep.

He [Prince] changed the world!!A true visionary.What a loss.I'm devastated.

T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

Power without guilt, love without doubt....

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess what I'm feeling - frightened you'll slip away.

Don’t just stand there let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

I've slept with Prince.

Everyone is entitled to my opinion

If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.

I can't even think of the words of what I'm feeling. This man [Prince] was my everything, we had a family. I am beyond deeply saddened and devastated.

I loved Prince then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.

I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks.

I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married.

I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we're going to change people when we get together. But we're not. People are who they are. And people change in their own time.

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 feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.

I'm sentimental about Jesus on the cross. Jesus was a Jew, and also I believe he was a catalyst, and I think he offended people because his message was to love your neighbour as yourself; in other words, no one is better than somebody else. He embraced all people, whether it was a beggar on the street or a prostitute, and he admonished a group of Jews who were not observing the precepts of the Torah. So he rattled a lot of people's cages.

A lot of people are just really confused by me; they don’t know what to think of me, so they try to compartmentalize me or diminish me. Maybe they just feel unsafe. But any time you have an overtly emotional or irrational, negative reaction to something, you’re fearing something that it’s bringing up in you.

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!