Top 105 Quotes by Madonna Ciccone

When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.

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.

I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance to gyms to make my gyms different from other people's.

I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.

I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.

I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.

One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.

When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way.

I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.

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.