Madonna Ciccone Quotes

We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo and not talked about and dealt with.

When my world seems to crumble all around, and foolish people try to bring me down, I just think of your smile face, and I'm flying.

'Jesus' message was to love your neighbour as yourself, and there are people in need. I hope that people got that message.

Rejection is the greatest aphrodisiac.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

Gay men are perfect men for girls who are tough. They're not threatened by strong women, and they're usually very in touch with their feelings and pay attention to details. I've always had an affinity with gay men.

Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.

I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.

There isn't a performer on earth that isn't an exhibitionist. There isn't any point in being in this business if you're not an exhibitionist. And, by the way, you can be an exhibitionist and be very shy as well.

For me, a male image that I'm really moved by is somewhere between of Oscar Wilde type of a male: the fop, the long hair, the suits, too witty for his own good, incredibly smart, scathingly funny - all that. But then my other ideal is more like the Buddhist monk - the shaved head, actually someone who sublimates their sexuality.

I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.

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 don't give a damn if I go to hell.

Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say 'no'

I'll flirt with anyone from garbagemen to grandmothers.

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.

Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear.

Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?

I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.

Everyone went out and bought Sex, it was sold out in two seconds. And then everybody slagged me off. That, to me is a statement of the hypocrisy of the world that we live in. The fact that everybody is so interested in sex but won't admit it.

I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage.

New Yorkers your voices must be heard. Tell your state Congressmen to support same sex marriage bill. All you need is love

I think there are just as many assholes meeting the old-fashioned way as there are meeting in the new hookup culture.

Nothing lasts forever. Should I?

Motherhood was the beginning of my own journey asking the question, 'Why am I here?' I had to stop and think: What am I doing to teach my daughter? What do I believe in?

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

You have to be patient. I'm not!

Me and Mr. Brainwash in Toronto signing his mural at Hard Candy Fitness Opening! #artforfreedom

Hey you! Don't be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!

I 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.

A good relationship is a competition of generosity.

Isn't everyone just travelling down their own road watching the signs as they go?

Marriage? I don't know what I really think about marriage. I'm a bit confused on that issue.

My daughter is a fan of mine but she doesn't want to be too obvious about it because I'm her mum and it's not cool.

I believe in freedom of expression, I don't believe in censorship.

Fame can be very disruptive. It can be like a drug. It gives you the feeling that you're happy, it gives you the feeling of self-importance, it gives you the feeling of fullfilment; but it can distract you from what is really important.

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

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.

I don't trust any man who hasn't kissed another man.

In America it is not considered to be mentally ill when a woman advances on her prey in a discotheque setting with hardy cocktails present.

The End of a long week with Viking Leader AKA DJ Virgo AKA Avicii! So many great songs! #icantwait #revolution

There'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.

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

Ultimately it boils down to the same thing all relationships boil down to: eating humble pie. I sometimes eat quite a lot. But, however bitter it might taste, it's the best pie. It's on the menu constantly for both parties.

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

What I find really astonishing is how quiet everybody is in my industry. I mean, nobody in the entertainment business except for maybe a handful of people ever speak out about what's going on. Nobody takes a political stance or expresses an opinion.

I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.

Truth is never far behind.