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.
Madonna CicconeToday I decided to sing in my underwear! No one seemed to mind! #loveyoufromtheinsideout. #artforfreedom
Madonna CicconeIf you have to ask for something more than once or twice, it wasn't yours in the first place. And that's hard to accept when you love someone.
Madonna CicconeEveryone has a self-destructive nature in them. It's whether you feed it or not. You don't have to be a pop star to feel connected to destruction or self-destruction. But self-destruction is self-obsession, and self-obsession is not really possible if you're engaged in raising children. And if you have a spiritual life, you're constantly being asked to see yourself as one small fragment in the bigger picture.
Madonna Ciccone