People like it when others are gossiping. When you hear a story about someone's demise or some big faux-pas they made, everyone wants to tune into it, because it's nice to know that someone else made a mistake. It makes you feel elevated for a moment. Madonna Ciccone bigdemiseelevate share on social
If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna. Madonna Ciccone fangirlmadonna Change image and share on social
I went to the University of Michigan for one year, and fortunately they had a foreign-film cinema, and I discovered it, and I thought I died and went to heaven. Madonna Ciccone cinemadiediscover Change image and share on social
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. Madonna Ciccone dreamexpressionfreedom Change image and share on social
I just find the people I want to work with and put it all together, and it's a lot of hard work, and all kinds of catastrophes happen, but I don't really get too much resistance. But when you make a movie, it seems like there's nothing but resistance. It's kind of a miracle that any movie ever gets made. Madonna Ciccone catastrophefindhappen share on social
I like to change. A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room. Madonna Ciccone artchangelamp Change image and share on social
I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna. Madonna Ciccone cicconecomplicateguess Change image and share on social
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider. Madonna Ciccone conservativedisapprovefelt Change image and share on social
I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this. Madonna Ciccone bearendlive Change image and share on social
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. Madonna Ciccone charactercreatedietrich Change image and share on social