Madonna Quotes

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.

I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does.

I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do.

Fame gets you in the door but it doesn't keep you in the room.

Losing my virginity was a career move.

I'll stop doing everything that I do when I don't want to do it anymore.

One must dare to show what he wants. You have to go and ask for things rather than wait for them to happen.

I am very proud to be Italian.

People have this idea that if you're sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there's nothing else you could possibly offer.

Death was a big part of my life growing up. I went to lots of funerals.

Sometimes I was in a mood to write a song as if I was writing in my journal and reveal certain parts of me that I was ready to reveal.

I believe in equal rights for all people.

I think they were scared of me because I was different.

I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life and I think most people feel that way.

You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it.

People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.

The only way I've been able to survive the betrayal of lovers, family members, and society is to be able to create as an artist.

I'll stop when I run out of ideas.

Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think like a guy, but I'm feminine. So I relate to feminine men.

I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.

I think art should be controversial. I think it should make people think.

I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to focus on me, me, me, my career, my life, just me - blinders.

We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect

I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can't get rid of me.

I'll flirt with anyone from garbagemen to grandmothers.

My point of view and philosophy continues to change and grow. As the years go by you go through this evolution.

We're in the world of creating illusions and giving people the ability to dream and to be inspired or moved.

If at first you don't succeed, you're obviously not me.

There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It's about 20 steps away.

Straight men need to be emasculated.... Every straight guy should have a man's tongue in his mouth at least once.

I don't think ultimately God punishes. I think we bring about our own destruction or our own creation.

I don't think anyone strives to be anything negative. I just think that it's our nature to only focus on a few things in life and forget about a lot of other stuff.

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

I see a huge paradox in me - the intense need to be loved and the search for approval juxtaposed with the need to nurture other people, to be the mother I never had.

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

Why did God create men? Because vibrators can't mow the lawn.

I'm not going to compromise my artistic integrity.

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

The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.

Love´s nothing else than a war in which both are the winners.

That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out.

I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty

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

When the day is done the most important thing is loving people and sharing love.

I learned a lot about humility and patience, keeping my mouth shut.

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.

Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blond has some incredible sort of sexual connotation.

I've had so many challenges throughout my career, however successful people perceive me to be.

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.

People who listen to them properly don't underestimate them. Unfortunately, there's so much about my career and me that distracts people from the actual content of most of my songs.