The cross is a very powerful symbol and it symbolizes suffering, but it also is connected to a person who was loving and sharing and his message was about unconditional love. I tried to take a powerful image and use it to draw attention to a situation that needs attention. For me, we all need to be Jesus in our time. Jesus' message was to love your neighbor as yourself and these are people in need.
Madonna CicconeI feel like everybody needs to take a sabbatical and go to Russia and Africa and work in orphanages and really witness true suffering. And then you'll just feel ridiculous for ever complaining about anything. Everybody needs that kind of reality check.
Madonna CicconeThere's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy performing, and I'll always have that.
Madonna CicconeMany people see Eva Peron as either a saint or the incarnation of Satan. That means I definitely can identify with her.
Madonna Ciccone