Quotes by Madonna Ciccone

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I believe sometimes we aren't always in charge of everything that we do creatively. We submit to things as we're going on our own journey.

Madonna Ciccone

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

Madonna Ciccone

I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.

Madonna Ciccone

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.

Madonna Ciccone

I've always danced and exercised. I can't imagine not doing it. I'll be Martha Graham in my 90s doing contractions on the floor.

Madonna Ciccone

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

Madonna Ciccone

I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.

Madonna Ciccone

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.

Madonna Ciccone

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

Madonna Ciccone

I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.

Madonna Ciccone

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

Madonna Ciccone

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

Madonna Ciccone

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

Madonna Ciccone

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

Madonna Ciccone

I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

Madonna Ciccone

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.

Madonna Ciccone

In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.

Madonna Ciccone

I went to the University of Michigan for one year, and fortunately they had a foreign-film cinema, and I discovered it, and I thought I died and went to heaven.

Madonna Ciccone

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

Madonna Ciccone

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.

Madonna Ciccone

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.

Madonna Ciccone