Top 644 Quotes & Sayings by Madonna Ciccone

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Last updated on October 10, 2024.

Madonna Louise Ciccone is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She has influenced various other artists and has often been referred to as the "Queen of Pop". Madonna is noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, and visual presentation. She has pushed the boundaries of artistic expression in mainstream music, while maintaining control over every aspect of her career. Her works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. As a globalized figure, Madonna is also noted for her cultural impact throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. She has her own academic subdiscipline devoted to her named Madonna studies. Scholarly reviews and literature works on her made Madonna one of the most "well-documented figures of the modern age".

American - Musician | Born: August 16, 1958

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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.

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Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

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When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.

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On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.

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I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

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I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.

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I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world.

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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

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I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'

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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.

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I always thought I should be treated like a star.

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I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.

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I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

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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.

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I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

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Sometimes you want to go for a walk and you don't want to be watched. You just want to be anonymous and blend in. Especially when I travel, I feel that way, because I can't really go out and see a city the way other people can and I miss out on a lot.

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My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either.

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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.

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I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.

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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

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If you have children, you know you're responsible for somebody. You realize you are being imitated; your belief systems and priorities have a direct influence on these children, who are like flowers in a garden.

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I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want.

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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.

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I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.

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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.

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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

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I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

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I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.

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I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.

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I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations.

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I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

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Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne.

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

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A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.

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I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

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We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.

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Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.

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But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.

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I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.

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I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.

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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.

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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.

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I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

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When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

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

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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.

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

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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.

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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

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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.

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As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.

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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.

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Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

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I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.

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I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.

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I didn't have many friends; I might not have had any friends. But it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren't popular and you don't have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future.

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In this business, my business, I get to meet all kinds of incredible people, fascinating people, glamorous people and sexy people and highly intellectual people. And you meet them and you go 'interesting, interesting, interesting'. They're interesting, but not very many people stop you in your tracks.

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Top 644 Quotes & Sayings by Madonna Ciccone

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